Always nice to have someone who appreciates a bilingual pun. It was indeed meant as a tip, although not the kind you give your server. :happy:
Think I could come out ahead by comparison with Medusa (although those snakes have a lot of allure), but with Venus...?! [ATTACH]
Brings a big smile & a small chuckle: the girl is the goddess Venus. :joyful:
Looks a bit like a wine coaster, but earlier suggestions more likely to be correct. Guessing circumference too small, for starters. Shield on...
My ideas are not proving fruitful in searches but: 'Voight and' or 'Voigtland'; 'Simon' or 'Simok'?
Because of my passion for cameos, I also end up seeing things that resemble the base of your first lamp because they are regarded as 'cameo...
I took D2rgirl's reply to be a humorous acknowledgement of the accuracy of verybrad's statement that the lamps are not antique & did not feel it...
I don't know who made, & link to eBay no longer works, but sure look like they go with this: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/526076800207430590/
It's not an early dulcimer, but may be an early Roscoe Horton dulcimer if it's #163:...
Looks to me like 'Athentic' is a typo. If you look above & below it in the list you see that they gave the same name to successor ships,...
I'm going to guess that the fellow in the photo is this Bishop himself. The note says the photo is with the compliments of the photo editor,...
I was going to guess new just because the glass is so thick & ornament probably too heavy to hang on the more slender branches of a tree. Antique...
Do they rotate in place? You would not want the cap of salt/pepper shaker to be attached in a way that it might pop off while you were shaking...
I mostly see stoneware pieces in muted shades too, but signature sure is a good match. This is a bit more like yours when it comes to material...
You can see whether, with some additional photos, you can attract attention here: http://www.sothebys.com/en/buysell/overview.html or here:...
Christians v. Moors?
They all appear to be animals of the American West, if that is any kind of a lead.
Definitely meant to echo this sort of thing, using actual tiger claws: https://portlandgoldbuyers.com/18k-gold-tiger-claw-pendant/ [IMG]...
Or hang them over the rear view mirror of your ultra-light Celluloid car. They'd be a great tree ornament, as long as kept away from any heat....
Over the past weekend, some other possibilities for the identity of these figures came to my attention when a contact expressed doubts about the...
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