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Can you show a close up of the circular mark on the bottom? Someone might be able to make something out.
I think it's conceivable. The line cut through the mark is a cancellation, meaning it's a factory second.
Was it folded?
The only cup I ever had lidded like that (and no other similarities) was Korean.
I think experience is required for that kind of thing. I know that the duration of the ring can indicate a type of glass. Flint glass, for...
They are beautiful.
That last article is interesting, but doesn't really provide an answer. Being 'photo heavy', I'll have to get on a faster machine before getting...
I wonder who did that illustration and how long it took. Was there a technique for creating engravings from photographs? Maybe it was only...
Talk about different opinions! Look at those rubber arms, those slab hands, the color application. Look at the weight of the modelling. This is...
When you post the pictures, are you double clicking the icon? The mark looks like Meissen, but I don't believe it. The quality is not there, the...
That note is worth something because a known artist painted a picture on it. Are there any well-known European artists hand decorating euros?
If they are attractively framed, that will help, but it sounds very expensive.
Charity shop?
I would not guess it to be very old, but from the construction maybe pre-WWII. You might be able to take a mold from one of the existing edging...
Turns out that 1866 is correct, which is entirely coincidental to my earlier post. See this eBay listing:...
The statue was inaugurated in 1866, so this probably dates to that time or a bit later. Edit: This is incorrect info. I'll look again later.
She's a mop seller from a "Cries of London" series. There are 2 versions: one with a plain background looking left, and another looking right...
My "extra" finds have usually been things like dead bugs... or live ones.
Looks to me like it would be from a series showing street vendors. But that's about all I can say.
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