komokwa, that could be, maybe the writing was added later? I do not think I was the first who opened the frame...
Just the artist's last name remains a mystery, nothing when searching Hounsille...
Thank you both! I think it is Ilkley, Yorkshire, as there seems to be a place named Ashen Croft...
An update: I opened the frame and found this note inside, but I am totally stuck decpihering it. How would you read this? Thank you again![ATTACH]...
They are certainly 20th c, and even if I am not completely sure, likely 2nd half. I do not think thst the blue & white lid is older, just different.
Thank you all for your help! Mat
Hello, how would you date this miniature (9.5 cm with frame) portrait? It is not signed, but of nice quality, I think. I guess it is impossible to...
They are Japanese Imari, the mark reads "Hi" for Hizen, the province where Arita is located.
Any Jewelry, I agree fully with your explanation, but the thing Bouboulina is wearing is rather a gun, not a dagger... This decorative piece looks...
Why not Vienna with that mark?
Picture 4: the mark reads "Kinkozan", Kyoto, early 20th c I think... the blue lidded jar seems to be Chinese?
It looks more like Champlevé.
I do not know this mark, but your dish is Japanese, early 20th c. These transfer printed plates with brown ribbed rim are called Igezara. You can...
The mark is a apocryphal Chenghua mark, which appears on Chinese and Japanese porcelain. I am not sure where your charger comes from, but I tend...
I cannot read it, undfortunately, but it looks as if it is some kind of document or official letter? With the big "logo" of the issuing authority...
I suspect the elephant was painted at a much later date, as it covers the writing. I have seen that many times. Old handwritten pages are...
I have seen this mark again and it is Japanese. Not sure of the reading though...
It should be him, he is from Paros: http://www.rethymnoguide.com/omodamos/gallery_mb.html
Not a woman in the end, but an angel, a detail of da Vinci, Virgin of the Rocks in Louvre....
Debora, these are some of the original works: https://www.friendsoftheuffizigallery.org/aphrodite-statue/...
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