The subject may be the Tailor of Count Bruehl, but I don't know the context. The stem is called "air twist".
I think you're showing it upside down [ATTACH] I don't think I've ever seen an etched mark on ceramics either
Georgie spied a camera guy Who tried to shoot him on the sly. Georgie took a shooting stick And shot the camera guy to bits.
I would not count on that. I think you've taken it far enough apart to get whatever info is available.
This is the closest image I found online....
Is that real Boulle or imitation?
You find that instant gold mine... let me know.
Wouldn't munchkins be from Munich? :wacky:
Is this just decoration, or does it say something? [ATTACH]
I kind of like the first two. The third one... not so much. Slathering paint on a canvas wont get you far. The work needs structure and purpose....
This may be true of some modern decal transfers, but it's not true for antiques.
I would call it enameled and leave it at that.
I see no reason to change my point of view.
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It's an impressive collection. I had this coin bowl with Canadian Centennial coin designs (by Alex Colville): [IMG] Do you know if there's a...
It could be stamped metal finished with a paint intended to give it a rougher cast-looking surface.
The texture of the surface doesn't look like stamped metal to me, but that might just be the paint.
I don't know anything about it, but it does look cast to me.
My impression is that they copied whatever they could. In the case of John Swords: he gave the Chinese the copy he bought from Gilbert Stuart to...
In all the time I've been doing this, I've only had 3 razors. Madras [IMG] [IMG] Gillette [IMG] [IMG] Schick [IMG] [IMG]
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