On the black dolls: you could try searching "golliwog" (a word brought to mind from another thread).
golliwog There's a word I haven't thought of for decades.
I can't help. No maker's marks or numbers? Maybe a view of each side of the buckle would help.
I think this is a modern printing. The coloring is singularly lacking in subtlety and finesse.
Possibly based on Portrait of a Young Woman, Mary Cassatt, 1898, Private Collection: [IMG]...
An interesting drawing, but nor very flattering to the hotel.
There must be museums in Sask/Man/Alta. Maybe even a library system might take it on. I wonder if there's a center with a Medalta collection....
I agree that this is probably a school project by that person, for that teacher, copied from that book. Like Mansons, I think Mary Cassatt is the...
The Brazilian pieces (not seahorses) I've seen have had similar solid, sculpted, clear glass bases with polished bottoms. Well... a thing like...
I think it might be Brazilian glass (from the base), but that's very tenuous. With no label it will be difficult to nail down unless you luck...
I do think it's charming, but it also looks scrubbed - which is to say that it looks like someone did a very harsh cleaning that damaged/removed...
You can try "needle felted dolls" but that seems to be a fairly active current hobby and wading through to find the old stuff might be...
Breathing a sigh of relief - I have this same set and assumed it was Candlewick (that's how they're sold). That said, they don't sell for much....
I went to look up Mrazek and came across this (which might be worth perusing): http://www.czechcollectors.org/
My understanding is that Tunbridge ware was made by bundling square sticks of wood of different colors. The colors were arranged to form pictures...
Does the tube act as a telescope, or can it be used as a microscope? If you have a Pinterest account, you can look up scientific etuis. Don't...
Looks a bit like one of those Buddha hand gourds.
Certainly. Thank you. If it's Inwald, that would make it Bohemian (Czech)? Thanks for finding that. Looking through Google, Inwald made some...
Thanks. You know... I just hate joining specialized groups when I have questions to ask maybe 2 or 3 times a year, and I'm not a devoted...
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