Nope :( I tried to remove the top screw but it won't budge, the metal is too soft to get any kind of leverage, the bottom screw came out, the two...
I'll try unscrewing the brass from the wood later today, I might find a miniature copy of the magna carta behind there :)
There must be another one like it, not by the same maker but of the same ilk.
Oh I'm sure I wouldn't get loads for it, his estimation was, auction £400-£600 and insurance £1000, I didn't think that was realistic but I more...
Sorry...
If I keep asking someone will have seen something like it, I can't see it being the only one ever made.
I didn't pay a great deal for the item so it would have been uneconomical for them to go to such lengths, I admit it could have been made to fool...
Ok tomorrow I will do my best to undo the top screw on the main plate (the one I couldn't remove before) and hopefully we may get an answer. I do...
These two holes (not really holes) were where the vents were when this was cast in green sand, when they poor the molten metal in the green sand...
I think it's after 1947, I very much doubt you would get a CITES certificate, if found selling it you will be in a lot of trouble and the item...
It unscrews from the back so if that was what it was you would have to be behind it to unscrew it, I'm sure it was designed to be a perpetual...
Yes, I have looked into making Chinese black lacquer (there is a video on you tube on how to do it) and it's above my skill set although french...
The centre revolves so it can be changed to correspond with the correct day for each month.
It's something I look out for as it's often missed or not recognised by dealers so I can get a bargain. I do like it a lot, I marvel at the skill,...
The plush of the velvet has fallen off the material behind, I wonder if it isn't a lot older? It's a bit like the backing to my bronze roundel in...
Before restoration [ATTACH]
I took all the brass of the wood to clean it, I had to strip of what was left of the lacquer (not much) with meths, unfortunately I re-french...
I doubt I'll take it on at the moment, I might sacrifice another smaller Khatam tray I bought of the same age to restore the cabinet but the...
Thanks Greg, it must have been one of the easiest restorations I have ever done, well all apart from the brass :(
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