Nice, clear details. This is an intaglio print, not a reproduction. The colors were applied to the plate, not added afterwards. Took a neat...
I assume the striations are intentional. They could have polished it to a mirror finish if they wanted. Wouldn't this be called a slab rather...
This has been on my mind. I do think it is likely 18th C and printed in colors. It does not look to me as though the colors are overlaying a...
For the most part I can't disagree, but there was a strong Celtic influence, and online reading says there are some Gaelic roots in Galician. I...
It is pretty. Might be a bit earlier? Japonism - 1870s?
There are plenty of portraits online. You have to consider her dress in line with those fashions. A short skirt might have revealed her ankles....
Bear in mind that Jacob and Johannes were skilled craftsmen, journeymen cabinetmakers and, as such, would have been accredited members of a Guild....
I remember reading that somewhere and seeing a sword with a scale etched onto the blade, but I can't find a reference to it now. I remember that...
Straight edged short swords were sometimes issued to artillery units, the blade doing double duty as a measuring tool.
Yes, hallmarks may identify maker and time period of an oklad. That's not necessarily going to indicate the age of the painted icon.
[ATTACH] It's an odd design. The depiction of the lion is not modern and not particularly heraldic. And the lion is not depicted against the...
Icons are frequently covered by a tooled sheet of metal, called an oklad (or riza), pierced so that only the faces and hands show. Not unusual...
I imagine there would be interest, but I don't think you can call it pristine if it has an inscription and dog-eared pages. Very good... near...
It looks very 1960s to me - op art, pop art, psychedelic, Yellow Submarine sort of influences.
What did you find? Enquiring minds want to know.
af will probably want a look at the movement. If it's original, that will be a very telling point. Boulle was made by sandwiching plates of...
If you're not finding the name, you're not finding the name, but you might try etui as a search word.
Did you not say that your uncle had received the contents of a church? That seems an obvious provenance for this. The color pretty much...
I think the double "l" at the beginning of the name is Gaelic in origin and supports a Spanish (Catalan) attribution. Think Lladro.
I'd probably call it Majolica. Why not? Tin glazed earthenware, though I'm not seeing anything to indicate the nature of the underlying ceramic....
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