Hope springs ... I am firing off emails to posh UK dealers who might have chip-grinding tools, Komokwa. It's been a lucky week for me, I'm...
Damn! What a shame about that minute chip. Thanks so much all.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] My bloke has always rated this piece, which has hung around in dark places for decades. I gave it a polish yesterday and really...
Could this be it? Cloisonné enamel vase decorated with a dove in flight, mark of Gonda Hirosuke I (1865-1937), Nagoya, Japan c.1900-1910....
A Google of "Japanese cloisonne poppy vase" produced some similar ones. It's lovely.
Bet White 19010? Bet Whitlam 10?
Might it be a marriage, like a cloisonne vase has squeezed itself between parts of a candlestick ?
What wonderful things ... a bit green here all of a sudden.
I think it's a sweet, old card, but probably not worth much more than the $1 you paid for it. Fun to have, though ...
A few big coffee-table books and you'll never know ...
Fantastic, thanks Janetpjohn. I never thought it had much age, just that it was unusual. This one was sold as Japanese by Forsythes Auctions of...
Fantastic, thanks. I did wonder Japanese or Chinese ... I cannot for the life of me figure one writing from the other, but it "felt" more Japanese...
Does anyone have any ideas about this one, which has one drilled hole, a serious hairline and quite a bit of ugly brown varnish still attached. I...
Sadly, the mark does not say that the item is worth much ... in my experience, anyway
Super cool!
Sorry to hear about the fever, but a 4 euro purchase price would be reason enough to be shaky :-) Marvellous stuff. Well done, be better soon.
I thought a gauge, or maybe scales? The bloke's response was simply "more junk". :)
A bit more research produces: "Porcelain figurine "Two hunting dogs". Artist/Maker: Royal Dux, H. Schubert Place and Date of Production: Bohemia...
I hope I'm not hijacking SaraLeta's post, and am confident she has the real thing. I have these "Made in Czechoslovakia" dogs and have always...
I am a typewriter fan but wouldn't want those. They wouldn't be madly desirable even in tiptop condition, alas. But they're a useful alternative...
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