Please post them here in an own topic! I’d love to see them!
Some better pictures of the violin in the Rijksmuseum...
Not sure if this example is very old: https://dutchceramics.com/products/handpainted-ceramics-violin
I really don’t know, but age doesn’t make this horse(?) prettier :)
Can I throw my ugly horse (?) into the mix? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The book looks first quarter 19th century to me. This is an advertisement of the book in the London chronicle of 1809: [ATTACH]...
The paper marks are more a trademark for the paper maker. The paper marks are a great tool to determine the age of a book when other options fail....
What a cool find! The deliberate damage makes it much more interesting than a handful perfect undamaged coins.
I tried to find some matching coins, just to see if it fits. [ATTACH]
What a cool book! Thank you for sharing! I have a book in my collection with similar portraits (see my avatar) from a bit later (1611). It is...
I’m excited to share a new addition to my collection: Les Images Presque de Tous les Empereurs, printed in Antwerp in 1559 by Gilles Coppens van...
It is a few years ago since I studied this print. I believe now the Franciscus mentioned in the text is Franciscus Sonnius(1506-1576), the first...
Most of those bookplates are very personal, so often it is difficult to find out the exact meaning. Maybe if you try to find out more about the...
I cannot say much about the paintings or the frames, but I can say something about the pieces of text on the reverse of the frames. The one with...
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