This seems to second that: http://www.leopardantiques.com/object/stock/detail/262 Skewers were used in joints of meat to hold them together...
This is from a 1988 article, 'Inventive Solutions, in the New York Times Magazine: To open envelopes, skewers are perfectly suitable. Skewers...
This is the only trace of someone who might be him I can find, record of a single painting offered for sale in an auction, with no details....
I did wonder whether I was being tricked by reflections, lighting, etc., since it made little sense that they would be different.
Hello, Plumfriend. Could you go back & edit your post to make your photo full size so we can see it more easily? Hit the little word edit under...
Isn't the glass of your piece a different pattern than the Snead bucket? I'm going nuts scrolling up & down, but see sort of a grapes/fruit motif...
These 2 are described as being in their original frames. The site gives you the names of the paintings:...
Another region where there is a huge business in fake antiquities. I was writing more, but Walter's note makes it unnecessary.
Not everything that is in the style of a much earlier time & has the look of great age is what it appears to be. Are you located in or near...
Based on absolutely nothing, I think you should leave them together. To my mind they have more interest as a little collection and in context....
Are you certain it is genuinely from the first century? How do you know? The antiquities market is filled with fakes; you have to be very careful.
There is lots of stuff on the Internet about well known artists; a search produces a ton of results for someone like Michelangelo. When you...
Yes, that is nice & clear. Sorry for making so much work for you. I edited post 15 & added the relevant photo. Asking about a different bit.
OK. After also gluing the upright of stand so it can no longer swivel in the base, finally got a good picture, using Camera & PhotoPaint, not the...
I had a Portieux Vallerysthal reaction to it at first sight, but wrong, wrong, wrong.
:joyful::joyful::joyful::joyful: Maybe you should stick to using 'rocks' when you can. Or really confuse people by saying things like: Careful!...
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