I like the fact that a very sharp collector known for buying "mystery" and "problem" pieces brought this banged up teapot out of the shadows. What...
It was a collector, not a dealer that bought it.
Yeah is, and the consignor i bet was REALLY happy as he/she bought this teapot for chump change. "No other piece of English or American porcelain...
I can see museums all over the nation dialing for dollars their deep pocket patrons, HELP!!! PLEASE!!! Which is why it went so high, the estimate...
Well, it LOOKS like one in pic!:watching:
NOT A CLUE! but, interesting foot pedal, is that a shovel handle?
OK, Teapot sold for $837,905. The MET was the buyer, figured there would be institutional interest on this pot. Story at link...
Yep, i am goin with johnny on this one!
I am betting it did!
Well, thing is, once upon a time paint was a very BIG DEAL in american furniture. Pilgrim style furniture built by joiners out of riven oak tends...
I got it right off, it would be a good name for an online shop! I still say Ruth has my box stashed up there in NE somewhere & refuses to give it...
Speaking of rocking chairs, i saw this one on twitter or FB recently, someone went to A LOT of trouble to paint this. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY! [ATTACH]
The Federal period, 1790-1830 or so. Hepplewhite & Sheraton were the dominate furniture styles in America, with a dab of Empire for those that...
LOL, I've always been bad! Haven't been posting or commenting much lately as furniture thread has been kinda slow but i did comment on a chair...
What's the deal on the term "windsor" chair? It's my understanding these chairs were developed in the english countryside (unknown exactly where)...
Or, you could always paint it again, obviously it got painted at some point along the way. Windsors didn't appear in america until about 1730 or...
Neat! I didn't know that. In America they were almost always painted in the 18th century, either green or black to mask the different wood species...
Well, windsor chairs, whether english or american were made with several species of wood so were always painted from the get go. Painted furniture...
It's a BIRD!.......It's a PLANE!....NO NO, IT'S ..........i have no idea.
Yeah, are, those bulbous legs are called Elizabethan orbs or cup & covers, naturally all those old styles, Tudor, Elizabethan, Jacobean are all...
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