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<p>[QUOTE="OldThing, post: 9483709, member: 81517"]Tribe.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>This is one of those "estate box" finds. I know it is old, like earlier than the 1930s. Google Images doesn't return any matches; some are sortof close but no cigar. The glaze has crazed almost all over and is smooth and still shiny. Carefully made and quite heavy at nearly 350g/11oz. Rough dimensions are 85mm high, 90mm long, 70mm wide. The bear feels solid. The plinth/ base may be hollow(?), and the 'hole' is filled. No maker's mark, although there is the barest suggestion of either "made" or "ode" just above the top of the hole. I've spent more than a few hours on it with no progress. Have at it! </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]444536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]444537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]444538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]444539[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="OldThing, post: 9483709, member: 81517"]Tribe.... :) This is one of those "estate box" finds. I know it is old, like earlier than the 1930s. Google Images doesn't return any matches; some are sortof close but no cigar. The glaze has crazed almost all over and is smooth and still shiny. Carefully made and quite heavy at nearly 350g/11oz. Rough dimensions are 85mm high, 90mm long, 70mm wide. The bear feels solid. The plinth/ base may be hollow(?), and the 'hole' is filled. No maker's mark, although there is the barest suggestion of either "made" or "ode" just above the top of the hole. I've spent more than a few hours on it with no progress. Have at it! [ATTACH]444536[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]444537[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]444538[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]444539[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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