Hmmm.... hand painted, I missed that as well as the unusual cut shape. Looking at MA plates of all kinds, none of them are cut in the same shape...
Book, is there any serial number on the front or back of plate? It seems one may be able to date a plate from its serial number. --- Susan
Gee, similar official license plates were used in Massachusetts in 2013 and today. I'm not sure if the blue is the same shade. Scroll down the...
Yes and no as to being an advantage of being old enough to remember... As I was working through the pages, my age stood out. I bet I could...
Just found the following link to the historical presumably rare pics in my bookmarks. Not sure from where I got it or when I bookmarked the page....
I agree with GG. If you google Roman nose cameos and Grecian nose cameos many of the same ones come up. I always thought, which is certainly not...
Very true if they are Chinese characters. If the top one is initials like most Chinese Export Silver of the 19th century included than that...
There is at least 1 good luck symbol in the design on the front of the bracelet. I believe I see at least 2 swastika that were good symbols in...
I've looked at the other pic in the gallery of the marks. I have checked 2 Chinese Export silver marks websites finding nothing identical. I have...
Welcome to the forums! I really really know nothing about Kabuki bells or any Japanese bells. I have looked at a couple of Japanese porcelain...
BTW, some are saying these glass panel pewter items are from Swatow, present-day Shantou, China. I am familiar with early Swatow ware porcelain,...
There seems to be several pewter with glass panel teapots out there. Here is one that looks identical to yours. The markings appear the same also....
As well as other countries, empires, etc... such as Austria-Hungary, anything connect to the Hapsburg Empire, Albania, Serbia, Ottoman Turks,...
Some editions of it are listed on AbeBooks.com....
I agree "ribbon art paper dolls." Here's one with the identical boy and girl done in the 1920s. Yours could have been done in the 1920s or early...
Those winged female figural handles look in the Rococo style of late Louis XV. I'm saying style and *not* of that period. If it has holes top and...
Welcome to the forums! I like the Y stretcher format that allows for easy seating and the turnings of the legs. I haven't seen this type of...
I the following edited versions of the sig. don't help much; however, here they are: --- Susan [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Messi, that photo of your ggrandfather is online at Ancestry.com. Is this where your sister got it?...
Spring, a pic of the back is there as a thumbnail at the bottom Scantic's query. I've looked at it but can't see it well enough at it's angle and...
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