It looks like the 1938 O to me & handle decoration is deco. [ATTACH]
'Got loose' is an understatement. Misdescribed plaques sometimes fetch hundreds of dollars.
No, not right: [IMG]
Om?
It might have '89' on the far right.
Yes, was hoping to get the word to the left of it, but...
This alone might sell it to someone. Appear to be labeled illustrations of various sumo moves, all different, a whole sumo primer.
Think the dresses made a comeback for little girls in the 50s. A cousin my age had one & I was so envious, but then I also wanted a sailor suit....
You have a maker's mark for a Birmingham silversmith. @DragonflyWink @evelyb30
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Looks like a fashion illustration? Pencil notation describes it, I think, but can't see well enough.
Just thought I had discovered that 'Danbiere' was a real word; then worked it out that what was meant was 'daubière', sort of a big double boiler.
There was also the buyer's premium to take into account: A buyer's premium of 20% will be applied to all purchases. Maybe $240 was just too...
It was 5 storage tubs of stuff as it was. Book has no time for cameos right now.
Book's heroic husband carried & loaded. I just held the apartment door open. He had to compete for the stairs with workmen doing demolition in...
Or $365 - a dollar a day. :joyful:
The final medallion is one that looks like an impression taken from an engraved gem: Cupid seated, holding his bow behind him with one hand,...
It gets difficult now to make order of what happened in the step from the inscription T.P. Danbiere Paris on the bottom of a little box: [ATTACH]...
The cameo has a way to go before it will be antique.
Maybe what was known as sulphur (spelling variable) wax. It is red & gets quite hard.
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