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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 2753142, member: 4654&quot;]Yes Giusti had students and ran a workshop but all the pieces that came from the workshop that I can find are frames and brackets ect with a Giusti paper label on the back not stand alone works in their own right. He later became a professor at the Uni of Siena. </p><p>Yes the Butchoff plaque does have provenance but if I can find a drawing by Giusti of my carving then I can say for sure it&#039;s by him.</p><p>My brother did some research on the name on the back and found out there are only 2 E A Calquhoun&#039;s listed in the last 200 years, one died poor and the other was stinking rich, he ordered a copy of his will but there was no mention of any furniture <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> , his wife died 30 years later so we have ordered a copy of her will but it hasn&#039;t come yet. </p><p>I have now received an email back from the Dr of art I mentioned earlier, she will get back to me after asking her colleagues but she did say &quot;What an extraordinary piece&quot; </p><p>I haven&#039;t a clue what it would be worth if it isn&#039;t by Guisti, I know what I paid and I was the only bidder on ebay. I think it was one of those items that the right person didn&#039;t see it, it was listed in the right category. </p><p>Perhaps I got a bargain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> I&#039;m not going to say how much I paid but it wasn&#039;t a lot, my brother laughed at what I paid lol[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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