Louis Tessier was an 18th C artist. Here's a site selling prints that they say date from the '30s through '50s....
Comparing the two, I'd guess it's a hand written inscription (as opposed to printed facsimile). That doesn't mean that it was signed by the...
You might take a look at Zell, Germany.
That's nice. Might be lava. Might be sealing wax. Might be pretty old too - maybe 18th C. Could be an impression from an antique intaglio...
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I remember there was a vending machine that dispensed those things. Who knows how it worked, but it was essentially some kind of typecaster. I...
That's very interesting. Maybe that's a Horus Falcon on the bottom. I don't know how rare such things are, but it adds to a very interesting...
I think I had the matching shirt.
Amazing it has survived. (the teacup)
One of the things about gilding is that it is very fragile and wears off easily. The cost of the gold involved is insignificant. Can't imagine...
The technique is aquatint.
Looks fairly sophisticated to me. I wouldn't call it folk art.
I wonder if it's imitative of El Greco. See, for instance, his "View of Toledo"
I think it might be ancient.
Titles can be edited, but I forget where the button is. It's at the top of your posting. Thread Tools? The edit option does go away after a...
I think that flow blue started out as a technical problem with cobalt color bleeding into the surrounding material during firing. Once they...
Faience can be very fine and elaborate. It's a technique with a long history. I don't think there was any level of society that would disdain...
What does the bottom of that scarab look like?
I don't think that's a production piece. I think you've got somebody's labor of love.
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