I knew you'd know! Thanks. I'm surprised it's that old.
Thought finding this would be easy, but nooooo... 9 3/4" across, 4 3/4" high, 4 5/8" across foot, hollow stem, toothed rim: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Good that you found it!
Don't know for sure, but I expect platino more likely means plated.
The only Breyer figurine I've ever found was incorporated into a lamp, but I took it apart and sold it as a figurine: [ATTACH]
Have you taken that one lamp apart to see if there's a maker's mark on the vase? Most of the lamps I've seen have no maker's mark, but if a lamp...
You might check Fratelli Toso, or Seguso, for that first. Use Clam as a search word.
My only experience of obsidian were the pebbles called Apache tears... until the carved pieces from Mexico started showing up. I was pretty much...
It looks to me like the settings must have been custom made for the stones - all those irregular shapes. What a lot of work! I think the use of...
It looks terrific.
That is very nice workmanship.
Back then, the museum was not very secure. There was a story that Picasso had a friend who would drop by every now and then and announce, "I'm on...
Another not-a-find. It's been in the family forever. but I just got around to documenting it. A lathe-turned smoking set and tobacco chopper:...
Back in 1911, when the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre (it was recovered in 1913), Picasso was taken in for questioning by the police. Don't...
Gila: That cameo lamp looks more elaborate than mine. I saw another of those lamps that I did not buy because the carving was of a much lower...
Huckleberry was blow-molded plastic.
Bar lamp [ATTACH] Huckleberry Hound [ATTACH]
2 ceramic lamp bases: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The Bakelite lamp is gorgeous, as is the Vaseline and jadeite.
Saving the best for last: A lamp cobbled together from bits and pieces. The bottom is a Beauceware planter: [ATTACH] A carved wood fish lamp...
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