Good morning, We are from Italy, my mum travelled mostly in Europe and bought her antiques mainly in Italy, France and UK. In the 50s she was...
Thank you All for the comments and ideas! Although the spindle theory might seem a rather possible answer, all spindles I have seen have a rather...
Hello! I have found this very unusual object and I am trying to find out its origin, approximate and, above all, its purpose. I thought "Africa",...
I find it quite difficult to place it in a time frame, but I agree that it is probably not very old, maybe a bit earlier than 1920s, but not much...
Well, that is the reason for asking questions to the forum...I do not know it all and today you showed me something I did not know. Even so, I...
"Greek" Italy is no longer Greek since more than 2000 years. I really do not think this item is from Italy at all. I have found that the...
Again thank you for all this info. The two microscope images of mammuth and elephant ivory are exactly what I was looking for, also for future...
Now that you tell me and upon closer inspection....it very well might be celluloid! It is quite shiny, the surface is not porous and it does sond...
Thank you for your comments. I had seen that item, but unfortunately it does not provide any information as to the artist (they interpreted the...
It certainly is Saint Demetrios!! Thank you, good catch. So, it is probably from the Greek area? I still have no idea of the age of this case;...
Yes, the style and the fact that I interpreted the figure as St. George made me think of Russia. Or South-eastern Europe... The greek letters are...
Good afternoon Antiquers, This one has baffled me for quite sometime...I would say it is a visiting cards holder, it is 60x75 mm and it has no...
Hello! The signature on this miniature portrait seems to be G. Ehtrel. I could not find any reference of such artist anywhere. Has anybody come...
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