The post I made last week of the porcelain transferware teapot led me to do a bunch of online research on English pottery: softpaste, hardpaste,...
Since everyone is posting picture of various other pieces here, I'll throw in this Queen Anne chair I just picked up last week which is period...
You had a post about these here https://www.antiquers.com/threads/can-someone-help-identify-these-dining-pieces.24561/ I don't think an online...
Looks like spelter pot-metal from here.
I've never had trouble with a water dampened cloth. Just don't use a water soaked and dripping cloth. And don't be too vigorous, just enough to...
But if you have two or more early american chairs or cameos (or whatever), then you have duplicates, at least to my way of thinking. Of course...
So why hard paste and not soft paste or porcelain?
Is this a trick question? If you only have one, then it isn't a collection. I think you need at least three (or seventeen) before it can be called...
I saw this, saw it had age, thought it would be a good study piece for cheap. Its missing its lid so clearly has no value, but it looks old - I'm...
I assume my base is original since it is shaped like an apple and fits perfectly. The pontil is ground off. No maker mark on the glass.
Personally I hate gorilla glue, but it does have its uses. How about gluing together some of those table leaves you also got from the dump? This...
No, no, don't hesitate and DO rush to post - throwing ideas is the best way find the answer. It made me research Thorpe - who I should know about...
You know what, I don't think that apple top belongs on the sugar bowl in that listing. I think it may be a marriage of an unlidded Dorothy Thorpe...
Think its a sugar bowl, it has a narrow slot for a spoon or something to stick out (sorry didn't take pic of that). Couldn't find the maker on 925...
Yes, that must be it .. so Pays Basque is Basque country in French. Basque is the south of France on the Spanish border. The other side of France...
Not sure why I bought this, sometimes I do just to learn - especially if I can't read the signature so I can try to figure it out. I assume it is...
Thanks all for the interest, information and excellent advice (and picture of the little girl - with one shoe off!). Thin is right. I had the same...
Thanks for the nudge. Just did just that, in the Art section.
I've had this for some time, one of those things I put aside until I had time to figure it out. The image is about 1-1/4 inch by 1 inch. When...
Or X-ray, which is what I recall they did in the case of that chair.
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