I would have thought the flame pattern would be easy to find, but noooooo.
I believe that swirled, fluted patterning is called gadrooned or gadrooning.
If that's the case, then that number probably has nothing to do with KB's founding. Maybe they commissioned a special centennial paperweight.
I don't think it's a burin. Might be a chasing tool.
There is a fish called a dolphinfish (Coryphaena hippurus) that occurs worldwide, including the Mediterranean and the eastern Atlantic, that might...
Maybe all their weights contain that cane as a signature. If so... unfortunate choice.
If this item is not yours, and you are thinking of purchasing it, don't make your decision based on my opinions... unless it's super cheap and you...
With the white vein across the front, I thought it might be stone, but the detail looks like cast metal to me. To my eye, the decoration doesn't...
What is it made of, and how big is it. A picture of the bottom might help.
It looks like the kind of pot that might be used to hold ink for a chop.
@spirit-of-shiloh Talk about EXCITING! A conversation has been started.
L. Hjorth, Denmark http://www.retropottery.net/2010/11/lhjorth-denmark.html Has a Gouda look to it, doesn't it.
And the winner is... SHILOH!
Time for the draw. I'm not sure I can get all these names in the hat, but I'll try. Can't you just feel the electricity?
A lion, a donkey and a raven all got together to go hunting one day. At the end of the day, they had accumulated quite a pile of stuff. The lion...
Turps or mineral spirits might work.
You and Shiloh so far, Bear. Shipping to UK will be about the same, but that's surface mail and could take 10 to 12 weeks (it has happened)....
The larger Coke bottle is glass, so maybe that's an indication that it's older. I dunno. These things are what they are. You're alone so far...
It resembles a lectern. Maybe made as a display for some specific object?
That's a new study? I thought that was common knowledge. It seems that the movie has made a profit at the box office, though not a huge one, and...
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