If i look in the things with the same idea i've seen, it can be made for separating the fat part in a gravy, the water based part goes through the...
It's a very simple way to know if something contains or not snuff powder, use a spoon of semolina, put in it close it and shake, the snuff box is...
I'm interested too by boxes like this miniature one, is this a specific thread on the forum for the "Objects of vertu" ? It's in the collections...
For interested members, some pictures about carved coconut, when I say that it's only for pre-1900 and no asiatic items which are modern at 90%....
Thanks, as I'm not a specialist about religious used items from that period, it can have as said by Evelyb a religious destination, in this case...
It's another reason to unmark silver and gold, if you go to the assay center, you have to pay taxes and the government know where is the metal and...
It seems that a thin copper sheet is on the piece, they are many manners to do it, if you look at the superior corner it is possible to see it as...
All is said above, just to give my impression, it's really a special piece, since a long time I have austro-hungarn pieces in hands, never seen...
Here is the pdf about faked icons using the electrolysis proceed which is the most dangerous for flat things like oklads, it makes a perfect repro...
When they say that on this forum is a really good new because I've seen a lot of pieces certainly good which was discussed by some members as...
Message send. ;-)
Very difficult repair again, the cosmetic is just now what museums recommend as the great auctioneers too, you just have the sensation it's good...
The surface finish is very russian, they were not polished as in other countries, the Fabergé export silverware was polished for example as the...
As in my opinion it's just impossible to say something with such a picture, the best place to buy faked icons was the USSR and the satellits, I...
On the first one, it's with the kokoshnik to the right, with the greek letter alpha behind the kokoshnik, and the dates you give, on the second...
A good repair, it's very difficult remplacing parts on a micromosaic, normally I use a clay for children that you can put to harden in an oven at...
When I say that foundries are gone it's for the biggest ones, they are a lot of small foundries for bronce, precious metals and chirurgical steel,...
It's clear that founding something about cast iron is not very easy, all our national industries are closed and gone to asian countries, the two...
Thanks for the pictures, it's more precise now, after visiting your page you're a compulsive bug collector I see…;) Before the picture of the box...
I will make a picture for the box which interested you, it's an art nouveau like made in the Meiji period for the european market in my opinion,...
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