Featured Finds Thread

I am glad you are okay, Funky!

 

I got this watercolor before Christmas but only just got around to taking photos (with which I am not happy). It’s very well painted. The watercolor measures about 6” x 14 1/8” and is wallpapered to a stiff card. It is signed lower right: V. Loria. I think this is Vincenzo Loria (1849 –1939), a Neopolitan artist. (He gets a squib in English Wikipedia, but seems well respected in Italian Wiki.) I believe this is the Second Temple of Hera (460-450 B.C.) at Paestum on the west coast of Campagnia, Italy. <p>

 

I like the watercolor!

 

Ooooo! I love that!

 

Me too!. That's very well done!

 

Hi,
I love your watercolor also. I would find room for it.
greg

 

Super nice watercolor, moreotherstuff.

 

I'd have snagged that too.

 

A few things to show here. No great shakes but worth picking up.

Bought this 6" x 6" tile by Beth Starbuck. It most likely was done while she was a ceramics dept. resident here at the university in the late 70s. She now has her own tile Co. in PA. Bought for $6.00 at the mall where I have my booth.


Numbered edition of Mathew Modine's Full Metal Jacket Diary. Another pick from the neighbor's curb for free.


Couple Russel Wright Casual bowls for Iroquois. Paid a $1.00 for the pair at the thrift store.


Czech lusterware souvenir plate from Niagara Falls. Bought for 75 cents at the thrift.


4 acid etched crystal aperitif glasses in an arts and crafts pattern. Bought for $2.00 at the thrift.

 

Nothing to see here folks...........just a lil' Awaji pottery teacaddy. $11

 

YIKES! 11.00??? I see piecs go for hundreds to thousands.

 

That is a particularly nice piece of Awaji!

 

Yes, it's gorgeous. I've never heard of Awaji until now. It kind of has an Art Nouveau vibe to it, doesn't it?

 

Thanks guys!

Yeah, they can run pretty high, Shi. Never seen this caddy version before. Probably dates to the first quarter of the 20th C. I'm surprised the lid is still with this piece.

Coming back from our realtor's not too long ago. Stopped in a local TS and found these for $0.25 They are marked: '© T & CO 925'. One missing its original backing but that's ok.



http://www.bonanza.com/listings/Tif...rrings-w-Butterfly-Backs-10-mm-Size/190692233

 

Hi Nuff,
There are so many counterfit Tiffany items now. If you take it to a Tiffany store and it is real they will clean and polish it for you. If they refuse you can be sure it is a fake. They will NOT tell you it is a fake but they do refuse to clean and polish any NON Tiffany items.
greg

 

This particular piece does but a lot of it is much more simple..... More art deco in form. It is often found in single colors and wrapped in wicker. This display has a lot of the decorated pieces in it but my experience says that it is much more rare.



This is more of what you typically find.

 

This is a piece of Awaji I found a couple years ago for $12.00 at an antique mall. At the time, I was not familiar with it and a boardie at the other place identified it for me. I think I sold this for around $200.00 so you can bet I always look for it now.

This is a typical Awaji mark ........