Are they stoppers? Sake bottles, something that way? Edit: no, more idiocy.
Maybe redemptive: [ATTACH] Is the end on the left of the photo flat or hollow? Question is whether they are a set or NOS. Where were they...
Deleted for idiocy.
I get a similar issue with cameos a lot: is that some kind of signature or just random scratches on the back? The TF looks like stray paint to...
It seems to be common knowledge among folks who handle antiquities regularly, but my own knowledge base mostly contains info pertaining to...
I find it interesting that the space between each numeral is marked off into 4 segments rather than 5. It permitted them to center those little...
Think the original glass would match the carafe, but sounds as though someone continued to use it by the bedside after the glass broke.
Think the striker area on the side, interrupting the design, means matches came into it in some way. [ATTACH]
They look rather like Assyrian soldiers/archers of 3 ranks. To my eye, vase looks too unblemished to be very old.
Wonder if it's not a bedside water carafe, missing the glass that covered the mouth when not in use for drinking.
Well, starting point would be scrap value, currently $510. Next step would be to look for others that are similar & seeing both what is being...
Like the one AJ shows us, more like ribbons than what we now think of as a belt.
I was wondering if there is something like a pantograph for 3-D objects. It seems there is. The boom in the production of bronzes during the...
Sounds like you've really taken a shine to it. :joyful:
Maybe you have something of interest to a Vermont historical society, although you have 2, when there could have been another 6 or 8, so could be...
Any Jewelry will know, but think it is not likely to be Arabic, more likely the script for an Indian language. That lock sure is a glaring...
Guessing Dr. Nichols is the son of James & Annis and Margaret is his daughter. Somewhere along the line the chain of inheritance was broken or...
So category wasn't the only thing that needed reassigning! Interesting that only 2 were made originally; maybe family's preference. Sure does...
@Makanudo If you're still out there, it has recently come to my attention that there is a thriving industry producing fake engraved gems 'from...
Teddy Roosevelt?
Separate names with a comma.