The bottle has a metal ring and chain to hold the grape cork attached to the bottle, but it is removable. The cork on the bottle looks to have never touched liquid before.
I'm looking to identify the medium of this small English (I believe) portrait. I think that it is hand colored photography and not simply a painted portrait. It is on a cut panel that retains half a royal license for either the panel supplier, the photographer, or the studio but not enough remains for me to get any info from it. It appears to be paper affixed to card stock or artist board.
I suspect that it's a photo due to the "studio" look to the pedestal her arm rests on, (it's brocade pattern also seems to under-lie the wash of green paint), and the somewhat brutal realism of the face (forgive me ma'am). I have little luck finding comparable painted photos. The paint on this isn't a watercolor, transparent tinting, but a thicker, more opaque probably oil based treatment that covers the entire field.It is crazed in some areas and flaking off in others. Is this possibly a painted calotype or albumen photograph?
A friend of mine bought it at a garage sell for $25.00. The people at the garage sell told him the lamp was there when they moved in and to make them an offer, so he did it. looks old
This is an unnusual piece I bought serveral months ago in Vietnam, I'm interested to know it's background and also an answer to the unusual markings on the base.
I'm 99% sure it's made of Jade, it's quite a stunning piece to look at and always gets a comment from visitors, I just wish I had more of a story to tell them!
i found these in my grand mothers basement after she passed away several years ago im hoping to find out what there worth there are 3 piec. The big pitcher is 8in weighs a little over aprox.16 oz and has a [P]inside a triangular shape on bottom with 1830 pairpoint logo quadruple plated The second piece aprox 4 in weighing 7.5 oz with the same pairpoint logo [P] in the center quad 1627. Third one is 3 in weighing aprox 9 oz.21 grams i830 on it.
this is an ivory carving of what appears (to me) to be a samurai, on a teak stand painted black. it is signed in a carved marking at the base, but it's incredibly difficult to take a picture of that signature with my iphone, so i've traced the signature or word at the bottom below.
the ivory is in great shape, and it's solid ivory all the way through. the quality of the carving is incredibly smooth, detailed, and fluid. i'm not sure if the signature/marking gives it any value, but i'm quite sure the sheer quantity of ivory is atleast somewhat valuable.
my grandparents were EXTREMELY wealthy, but also children of the depression.
so they while they travelled the entire globe, they were also known to buy/hoard incredibly expensive and valuable items, and also tons of.. well, crap.
i'm desperately trying to pay for graduate school, and hoping to find extra income where i can.
and inherited antiques like this one, sadly, have to go, if they'll help me to afford a MA program.
