Sorry @alex webb. My comment wasn't directed at questioning chisels. That was just intended at the general appearance and difficulty in...
http://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/2/brigadolara.php ... read the article; then decide.
Second reaction: the 'incised lines' in the OP's pot are made with a three pointed tool... looks almost like a steel tool might have made that...
I'll chime in with "my first reaction was .... hmmmm... that's a possibility". So I agree with all the above opinions: "Too soon to call" but the...
Since I only speak layman... to better understand: Here are the agreed (?) facts: Marked 800B or 800F or 800P B = Britannia-metal [from the list...
not being a silver expert, did any 'conventions' exist at that time in the industry that would make the 800 with a B acceptable? A 'code word'...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] one of those... "OMG I'm so stupid" moments. [i.e., my true initial thought] substitute the 8 for the B and the B for the E and...
https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/limelighter/local-artist-s-painting-in-smithsonian/article_bb5c6ee8-f1f0-11e3-b607-0019bb2963f4.html...
The crushed turquoise pieces in photos 3 and 5 look they might include some Taxco (which would be marked) Mexican sterling.
I couldn't resist posting this description: [ATTACH] "Retro Mayan Aztec ..." That must've been, what, the Olmec??? since the Retro Aztec ......
[ATTACH] Novica sells this mask, similar in style to the jaguar above, claimed to be from Mexico. [edit... well "similar" is quite relative,...
I think @Debora meant the reference to Bali/Asia was the wrong continent. You are in the right forum. To me, at first blush, they appear to be...
or K ... larok? or R ... LAROR... hard to tell but looks like there might be a 6th letter around the corner. Laroke?
Thanks, @kyratango. As a 'general rule' I find that kind of comparative post is SO important and helpful, so, particularly when a novice in this...
If by 'clean' you mean that you have no intentions of altering it, like a museum conservator, use a small vacuum cleaner and cover anything you...
ok, there are so many possible reasons a file is 'too large', that it might be very hard to figure out 'back and forth' what the reason is... so,...
for a really 'crazy' idea: call the TV duo at "Antique Archeology" and give them a chance to "pick" the location. The 'thought' is that any...
another 'working hypothesis': one protruding nail on a shelf caused all those scratches every time the clerk removed and put back the jar in the...
Using the top with the bottom like this... [ATTACH] may have caused that: [ATTACH] so it's a clue to what it was used for. Don't know 19th C...
That looks mid 19th C to me on first blush. Wood turned jars for many purposes were common all the way through the 1870s until ceramic jars...
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