Looks like chipwork, which was hobby stuff at the time. I think those initials are for the owner of the box - might be the maker, or who the box...
If you trim it, you'll still be left with the image glued to moldy cardboard. I don't know how to treat that. Removing the print from its...
Do you know that it's glued to moldy cardboard? Have you taken it out of its frame?
I dunno - 1030 to 1940 is quite a range.
Are you saying that the Nash print has been cut to the limits of the image and glued to a card?
It doesn't look very old to me. Pottery Barn might be a good bet.
The Mansions of England in the Olden time was published in 4 vols (series 1 through 4) from 1839 to 1849. They were large folios 14” by 21”, so...
The crackle looks raku fired. That usually means studio production, but you might check South Africa. Maybe Marzi/Remi on the big one.
The last photo seems to be the same as this: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sufis_in_Cairo,_Egypt,_photo_by_Zangaki_in_1870.jpg I think...
Someone's Christmas family photo [ATTACH] There must be millions of them out there. They would make an interesting collection. Is this little...
That's a pretty convincing analysis.
@springfld.arsenal You've had plenty of experience looking at cast bronze. Bells, cannon... they'd come from the same foundries; they'd show the...
I tried to isolate the emblem, but it didn't do me any good. [ATTACH] I'm put off by how poorly finished the surface seems to be. How did it get...
Is your painting the painting in that link? The link says the painting is anonymous and from the circle of Nicolaes Maes - so a student of a...
I think it's coincidental.
Welcome back Linda! Good to see you. Merry Christmas!
Could be autograph. That looks like brushwork rather than knife work (which seems to be the common factory technique). I also think it unusual...
If you buy them, what are you going to do about the box on top?
I have a similar booklet for Queen Mary's Carpet [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The booklet concerns a needlework (gros point)...
If the white showing on the back is the underlying material, then I would have to agree with plaster. If they are definitely wood, I wonder if...
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