Wish I could help but have to say your pictures are excellent.
Hi Cat, Thank you for the suggestion and I will check it out. In the meantime I want to share a site which is very helpful about Korean pottery....
Millcove: Thanks for your thoughts. I will give another look through Gotheborg for the mark. In the meantime, I just sent the pictures to a Korean...
This is so much more information than I could have hoped for! Thank you all! Susan - I checked your finds and will continue along those lines. If...
Thank you both. Do you think the illustration auction houses could tell me more? Or is this not worth their time?
The ink drawing of a melancholy couple at the seashore is signed L. Pratt. I found a reference on Liveautioneers to a portfolio of "figural...
Thanks, Kentworld. You are probably right and the glazed base and pour hole are what throws me off.
Not in the reprint of their 1894 catalog. Also, I didn't notice any reticulated / pierced work either. I do like your bowl.
This is my other mystery item:stoneware charger on raised unglazed foot, 12 1/2" dia, foot 3/8" h; 5 rows of cobalt stripes with bleeding; yellow...
The two deer are standing on grass in front of a white open clump of leaves with gold highlights on back which I think is a spill holder. The...
I haven't found the RM mark but I believe this is a Scottish design as AF mentioned with the reference to the Miracle brand.
I am so happy to tell all that it is "Signorini's Tourniquet." It was used for aneurisms and to put pressure on arteries. Found this in a catalog...
Not too far fetched. We have dental mouth molds.
It has been kept since 1961 with the medical instruments we were given of two local doctors. But then some of the instruments could also have been...
I have looked pretty carefully and have not found marks or numbers. I have checked sites on the web without any luck. Thank you & 6 rivets for...
You are correct in the idea it could not be used to expand something but I think they were referring to what the object itself can do - it can...
Our museum has a small collection of medical instruments which I cannot identify. I have searched quite a bit for this one and it probably will be...
And your local historical society would be interested in the local names.
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