It looks more like a watercolor. They do make watercolor pastels .
Grandmother probably got it when she got married so early 1900's would make sense.
You would but the stems of flowers in the holes. It is possible (if opening big enough) that a bulb would be sprouted in the top opening.
This was my first thought , a Navajo storyteller. I have never seen an old one before so don't know what it would look like. [IMG]
I purchased 15 at an estate sale from 3" -12" that were collected in Washington. Yours look good. right color. Hobby Lobby sells them but much...
My mother was the opposite. Sometimes she suffered from depression. You always knew because she would get up at 4:00am and start rearranging the...
It is a modern towel holder just add wooden bar.
Welcome Robin. Good place to learn all kinds of things.
I would say it is the equivalent to a shadow box with mementos. The central pieces looks like a miniature ships anchor with side railing.
To get the knot in the right place i insert embroidery needle ( because blunt end) into the knot and as I pull it tight i use the needle to guide...
My primitives still sell well. I had a code on my price tags. xxx1025. Just random numbers a 10 and what ever after the 10 was my cost. So in the...
Welcome Sambo.
Beautiful. Cobalt sells well and as unusual as that is it should sell like hot cakes.
Your vase has tight swirls and the designs are close together. My understanding when I research mine is that that is a sign of older and quality....
My husband and i had an antique and Gun store for 5 years 67 east of Kansas City, Missouri right off I-70. We closed before covid because we...
the finish looks nice which is a blessing since veneer is so hard to refinish.
less than 20 years ago. I found the same was true with the large Hmong community attending our schools. We had a hard time convincing the parents...
They would have been called puzzle boxes and remember that few people had much money if it is antique. Many of the early piggy banks were only 3-4...
Might be Japanese eggplant.
Not sure if this applies in this conversation. I became friends with a Japanese woman that came to the US to learn English in order to return to...
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