I think it might be modeled after ancient Olmec heads.
I think the dagger is the Cross of Saint James [IMG] and this coat-of-arms has something to do with the Reconquista of Spain and freedom from the...
The i's are up-side-down and look like exclamation points. That's weird, huh?
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I'd check American Bisque and Morton Pottery. Don't know for sure, but it has the "look".
The symbols look like a coat of arms / family crest type thing. A shield with a cross. The long necked birds over the knights helmet(?) with crown...
The suspense is killing me!
I can't answer your question about the canvas/cloth, but it looks like there is a lot of info about your artist: Tamiji Kitagawa (1894-1989)
Well, since this thread has been sitting here since Saturday afternoon with no replies, I'll take a stab at it and hope it generates more...
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That would probably help. Step back and take a shot of the whole, entire cabinet. Good lighting is nice, too. :) And measurements. Hopefully, you...
It looks like there's an one of those lustre spaniel figurines on each side of the vase.
The more I look at it, I'm starting to get an Austrian vibe, too. LOL.
The grey moss hanging from the trees would be somewhere in the Southern U.S. ... Louisiana? Unless that moss grows off trees in other parts of...
Hi Jenny wren, Are there any maker's marks on the bottom? My first guess would be Italian. A better, well lit pic would probably help people...
Maybe a container that goes with a vanity set? Do you think it's too small to be a powder box?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumkuma I had to look that up.
I searched earlier today with key words glass donut hole vase. Similar vases turned up with Margie's Garden stickers. Also one similar that was...
Very interesting! I've never seen anything like it either. But I think @kardinalisimo might know, or at least have some ideas.
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