It's huge: the head is 6 inches diameter an' 4 inches high; the total weight is just an ounce under 4 pounds. All surfaces except the face (pic 6)...
Huh?
Nah...2-finger nostril harvesting.
Welcome here, Peter... Is that a leather covering? Someone with deeper knowledge will be along soon to answer your questions. Nice piece of furniture!
Thank you, all! Is the XVI to the left of the Logo a glazers mark...or has it another significance?
Thanks...what is the True name of that subtle hue?
Excellent reference, RT...Thanks!
I've had this for quite awhile...an' thought I had posted it here. But a search says not, so here it is. I really want to believe it's good, even...
...Which is Lara or Lana, as far as I can see. But I cannot yet find any reference to it. What have I got? Where from, an' roughly when? The mold...
As if 6 oysters were enough! Sheesh...
Slip-cast hobby craft from the 50s-70s...imho
Most folks here won't open a link that's unfamiliar.
The handle is inserted into the rectangular mortise from the far side, and is so well fitted that it wedges solidly with almost an inch of...
That's IT...Thank you, Lark, very much!
I bought this in SoCal ~50 years ago from the widow of the fellow who made it; H.C. Cuff; a machinist, sculptor an' carver. Since then I believe...
Spot On, kyra!
That is a lovely old tool!
Thanks, AJ...great clarification!
I'm unfamiliar with the term "dormeuses"... Is it a foreign noun meaning 'earring'?
It's a sugar sifter...I think.
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