I wouldn't wash it off. I wouldn't wash it to make it worse either. I think it's meant to be there. A long time ago, I had two vases with very...
What lauragarnet says. If the pedestal is silver, there should be maker and control marks. With the resources people here have demonstrated, a...
First impression... guess... Lombardy or Switzerland. A decorative item for stairways/entrances/gardens/fireplaces. Guardian lion is a good...
The mark is from a decorating company: Franz Junkersdorf. They were around for most of the 1900s.
Oh, that I should have such problems. Far be it from me to ask for bigger pictures, but I think you are going to need them (especially of any...
An etching, not a painting.
It's because the lower fired clays are absorbent. The "stick" is because the moisture on your tongue is absorbed by the clay. A drop of water...
Why would anyone who knowingly has high end art consign it to an auction house that will have to stand there and say 'we haven't got a clue as to...
Very interesting! Lost until 2001. I like that link. It answers several questions, including: [ATTACH] (The 13th plate being Schiavonetti's...
If you are going to sell high-end art, you better make the necessary contacts to have it properly evaluated and appraised or every conman and...
Other examples online are approximately 14" by 11". The name of the company was "Double Elephant Folio & Quarto Co."; an ambitious name, but one...
If I saw them at a thrift (or anywhere else) it's very unlikely I'd recognize them for what they are.
This is the only book I found under the “Double Elephant Folio & Quarto Co.” banner. There are a couple other titles under “San Vito Press”. My...
You posted about that stuff in Kentucky. This is the downside.
Good sleuthing! I think we have a match and an ID: Rudolph Ditmar. [ATTACH]
This gives no information at all, but it may be your circular mark:...
I'm no linguist, but it may be Urdu or some variation thereof.
Not sufficiently ornate. Sure, they used simple frames back then... in which case this is insufficiently plain. This strikes me as the kind of...
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This doesn't strike me as a 19th C frame. IMHO
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