Art Nouveau revival was huge in the 70's ...I made tons of it myself!
C section?
paperweight
(Laulic=Lalique) Lamp might be Val st Lambert although Bohemian glass comes to mind too ..
Do the world a good turn, smash it now so no-one else has to look at it.
Gothic style ..I've had several Italian gouache paintings of saints in frames (gilded wood) like this.
It was about 20 years ago on eBay IIRC
He was probably a Brit that emigrated to NZ If it's FRHS, (unusual to see on a painting) he/she was a fellow of the royal horticultural society...
Just because an artist's credentials are FRWS, it doesn't mean all works are watercolours, just that they are a member of the society.
Wow! the pic with your reflection brought to mind that infamous kettle photo from waybackwhen:jawdrop: :D
The FRWS at the end of the signature is "fellow of the Royal Watercolour society" so your painting is probably British. The name appears to be ??...
Well this is one crazy looking vase/lamp! The form is a Kangxi Chinese rouleau form and the mark is more Chinese than Japanese ..however the...
Looks like a 1950's decorator telephone bench to me but WDIK from furniture
There are examples with simple decoration; you should not necessarily use that alone as criteria - form, body and intended purpose should also be...
Those birds are backwards. The beaks would support the books
The ware is typical Kenzan style piece, and the characters also read Kenzan. This is not to say this is a piece by Ogata Kenzan (1663-1743) as...
One thing I learned a long time ago - Do not buy pictures of dead things, old men or homely portraits of women. There are exceptions of course,...
The minutae of this subject is quite baffling to this peon
Folks do like to improve things, every era has the phenomenon. [ATTACH]
It is probably a misprint or fat finger syndrome ...someone put in one or two extra zeros
Separate names with a comma.
