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<p>[QUOTE="mmarco102, post: 2750194, member: 8289"]Hello everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I have an unusual request. I just bought this old print at small auction. It is not the well known print that caught my eye, but the frame. I know this is a bit weird but I have seen this Exact frame embellishment, sickle and pitchfork over wheat and gilted before, and I mean in person. But I can not remember where or when. Possibly in my dreams as a child I think. The memories go back that far or farther, but I had this frame(or one like it) in my hands way back when. It is as clear to me as typing this post. Did all kinds of reverse images and no luck at all. Looked at it with a loupe, it is carved directly on the wood frame, not attached. I guess my only question I can have, is this type of embellishment datable? Are there many frames of this type? Again, a reverse image came up short</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]278137[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]278138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]278139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]278140[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mmarco102, post: 2750194, member: 8289"]Hello everyone, I have an unusual request. I just bought this old print at small auction. It is not the well known print that caught my eye, but the frame. I know this is a bit weird but I have seen this Exact frame embellishment, sickle and pitchfork over wheat and gilted before, and I mean in person. But I can not remember where or when. Possibly in my dreams as a child I think. The memories go back that far or farther, but I had this frame(or one like it) in my hands way back when. It is as clear to me as typing this post. Did all kinds of reverse images and no luck at all. Looked at it with a loupe, it is carved directly on the wood frame, not attached. I guess my only question I can have, is this type of embellishment datable? Are there many frames of this type? Again, a reverse image came up short :( [ATTACH=full]278137[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]278138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]278139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]278140[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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