Maybe RR SS was put there by a dealer who was given erroneous info, something that way? Put there in the honest belief that it had been in the...
Welcome to Antiquers. This is a great place to learn about all kinds of things, just by checking out all the posts as they come along. Most...
Think Ms. Snoddy would have been an admiring fan rather than a relative. If 1928 were the year painted, it would have been more natural to put...
Oops, somehow this completely slipped by me. (Not somehow; I frequently overlook all sorts of things on computer screens.) Yes, first is ivory,...
I wonder what kind of a ruckus there was when man came home & announced he had lost his wedding band. Extrapolating from the most meager clues,...
The last bit remaining of the scratched out part looks like a g to me, so words maybe not quite 'painted for', but something that adds up to the...
I can only comment on the decorations, tell you what you probably already know. It all speaks of conviviality, good food, good wine &, well, the...
Studio photographers were still using these poses in 1956: [ATTACH]
Looks like that to me too, & not so long ago as all that. I'm noticing how much the sleeves & legs have been rolled up, making me wonder whether...
Afraid I don't follow prices in the dragon market. But I have learned that, sooner or later, almost anything you can think of gets listed,...
Even though Huff calls it a bath robe, you would hardly want to put it on while still damp from the bath, so I would call it a man's dressing...
Hi Billy, The style of the painting looks Persian. I'm spatially challenged & can't tell from the photos what you're showing beyond the flat...
Presenting a new member of the family, yet another white bearded man. Bought this thinking it was very interesting & unusual, but, going by...
If it is not from a line of table ware, it might have a style name or number, but probably not a pattern name in the sense it is usually used.
I did see, which is why I concluded Bethel was correct in the first place. It is the penciled notation where the c/o instruction is added, so...
That is the modern English spelling. Eymology mentions besant as old French form. Named for coins from Byzantium. And there were certainly...
If a pink one has turned up on eBay, eventually so will a green one. Put in a search for a green one, save the search & ask for alerts.
Ah, what is maybe a little later spelling is bezants. Painter wasn't very good at drawing circles! Does your friend remember how/where she...
Welcome Dan. We had a rocking horse under discussion a little while back. I posted a link there that may be informative.
One thing the bottom says is 'Not for food use.' So decorative, maybe lead in glaze.
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