Small oil lamp perhaps that would be filled with a funnel? Just enough room for a wick? Or maybe if you turned it upside down it could be a...
Japan produced many pieces in the Bitossi style. Those pieces usually only had paper or foil labels. Don
On what to blame absences on?! Holidays, out of town guests and relatives, head cold, misbehaving phone, Christmas decorating, doctors'...
I agree with cluttered - Japanese sometime around the Depression era. The color scheme (blue, red, green on white) is pretty common for Japanese...
say_it_slowly beat me to it! If it's not Blenko it's usually Rainbow. Rainbow and Blenko made many similar products. Don
A previous owner might have spray painted it to class it up a little. I don't think there's anything to lose by removing the paint. Is it clear...
Hi -C-! Thanks so much for looking. There are some days when I would love to do nothing more than curl up in my chair and go through some of my...
I think I may be up the pear tree without a ladder! Don
Hello Board Buddies! I may have fallen for a bit of artful salesmanship on this one but it was unique enough (and cheap enough) to be worth a...
Fenton called these candleplates. I was able to find some in the Fenton 2001 catalog although I couldn't see the pattern very well. If you...
Thank you so much! Looks like a match! Don
Well, it would have helped if I had listed the entire description for the S mark. Per Felt: "From the late 1930s until the end of the 1960s, the...
I'll take another look when I get back home. Out for dinner right now. Don
You're very welcome. We only ever saw egg plates around Easter. I have mixed feelings about my black light. When you have a stubborn Yorkshire...
Hello Board Friends! - I don't know why I keep buying stemware! It's almost impossible to ID and even with an ID it's not a great seller. But I...
According to my LE Smith book (Felt), the company did not mark items prior to the early 1970's so that would be the earliest date for your egg...
Thanks, cluttered! I will see what I can find. Don
Hello Everyone - I got a very nice pair of candlesticks and I'm wondering if anyone has any idea on who might have made the glass. The sterling...
The flowers are more likely made from tiny bits of very thin porcelain rather than shells. Don
You can search "sand majolica" to see other examples of this type of effect. It probably did not have a specific use but was purely decorative....
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