Glad the little guy got a good home. With 2 turtles in the bathtub, you know I have a herd of them, various materials, in the display cabinet. I...
You have to pull it down to tend to the lamp. Then, when you push up on it, the weight is just enough to keep it in the raised position again.
I see you're selling her. She was certainly one of the more lively topics on this thread. Good luck. :)
The Wedgwood Diana is also nice.
From the Met's description: ranks among the most celebrated of nineteenth-century pictures of a baseball game in progress Would therefore not be...
Then how come we never see you around here? https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/ You might also like...
My one book on Wedgwood says pieces marked Wedgwood & England date to approx. 1891 - 1908. There is no mention of an asterisk or daisy mark so...
We've talked about teeth on cameos. Kind of works for this amazing Medusa by Morelli. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/12064/lot/17/ [IMG]
Like ivory, lava offers a carver a large enough chunk of material to work with that great depth can be achieved &, on some, parts of the figure...
It is, but very pretty.
I never even knew china used to be repaired this way until I joined this forum. From what I've read here, it suggests someone valued the piece...
The second one is a gem impression of the sort Tassie &, after his business took off, others made in plaster & other substances, with the...
I study cameos. Many early Wedgwood designs were taken from the gem impressions made by James Tassie. Then the two became competitors in some...
Is the instrument a koto?
Who knows if seller knows their stuff: https://www.ebth.com/items/9337051-antique-wedgwood-jasperware-jardiniere-circa-1891-1915
Well, they've been doing Polyhymnia since at least 1774:...
I don't know about the mark, but the figures are the Muses Polyhymnia & Urania. Are there 2 others on the opposite side? There may be a record...
If you were you would be the expert & we would be asking you for help. We've just been telling you why we concluded, with only photos to go by,...
Sorry to take this thread off topic, but couldn't resist the opening to make this comment. Now that so many news stories concern the receipt of a...
The choices of a rooster & a crane make me think Chinese. Both birds are popular motifs in Chinese art.
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