Featured Finds Thread

Ahh L.S.M. 406 Boat/ship?

 

LSM 400 was a naval ship stationed in Chile.
At first I thought your sculpture said 406, which would have been stationed on the Canadian River. Perhaps this is a native Chilean carving given to each member of the ship, commemoratively? Just a WAG

 

LOL. 406....commemorative sculpture of beaver by Native American Canadian tribe, maybe?

 

Sharona -
Kinh is a clan name in Vietnam. could be the artist. I would look around the Southeast Asian theater for this.- cheers

 

I think the LSM-406 was named the Canadian River in the 50's as a reserve ship - in the 40's it was probably in the South Pacific.

 

Thanks thats what I was thinking prize/trophy for some kind of event or contest?

 

Here is a link showing a little about the LSM-406, whether or not this has to do with the ship, no idea.

www.archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/rg181-charleston-2694599.html

 

I think the marks on the monkey are Vietnamese. If it's old enough, it could be a French military souvenir. The ceramic lion is my favorite piece; dunno as he's worth much, but it's a cat. The two in the top right are Italian souvenir jewelry. The jade and the MOP drops in Chinese... check for marks. Those could easily be gold. The rings could be anything. Top center black looks like Austrian work. No way to know whose. That center tree looks like Gerry's or something similar; they're pretty common. If you get lucky and hit a Trifari one they can be worth a good bit.

 

Thanks Bev the jade earrings are 14k just not sure of the quality of the jade....The lion is enamel and part of he name is very faint on a raised small tag on back, can't figure it out. The horse is Danecraft and the rings are both silver. The tree with green stones is Hedy the wide gold one is signed Rafaelian, the rest unsigned

 

>Engraving on board,<
>Innsbruck Castle Courtyard by Albrecht Dürer, 1495<

I have a print of this same picture bought new in 1964 when in Innesbrook. Mine is 14" x 11." On the back is printed "Penn Prints, N.Y." and "No 182 Durer - Courtyard of Innesbruck Castle." I'm surprised yours is an engraving on wood.

This print is known as both "Courtyard of the Former Castle in Innsbruck with Clouds" and "Courtyard of Innesbruck Castle." It was originally a watercolor. He did 2 watercolors of the same courtyard. One was with clouds and the other was "Courtyard of the Former Castle in Innsbruck without Clouds."

http://www.durerart.com/Watercolors/Castle-Innsbruck-Clouds.html
http://www.durerart.com/Watercolors/Castle-Innsbruck-Without-Clouds.html

--- Susan

 

I was looking for similar vases to the one above and ran across this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/281443881736?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

For sixty bucks I had to get it for the old Nordic sports trophy

 

Hi,
Love your stash. Is that two micromosaic pins in the upper right?
greg

 

https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/001-jpg.5352/?temp_hash=b3179cb139c58051a4f8cb7d68d8ebef
https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/002-jpg.5353/?temp_hash=b3179cb139c58051a4f8cb7d68d8ebef
https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/003-jpg.5354/?temp_hash=b3179cb139c58051a4f8cb7d68d8ebef
https://www.antiquers.com/attachmen...8d8ebef_hash=b3179cb139c58051a4f8cb7d68d8ebef

HUGE 15 INCH BOWL WITH GOLD INCLUSIONS and partial labels, Murano?
Bought for £4.99 charity shop!

 

Hi Greg
Thanks! they're mosaics but not micro

 

I found this painting at an antique store and I loved it. It's oil on board with a nice frame. I believe it's from the late 1800s to early 1900s. It's signed S.L.T in the lower right hand corner in red. On the reverso, it's also signed S.L.T and B.P Thompson with the month of March too.

 

Sharona,

Love that carved monkey with peaches. Probably carved in Southeast Asia as others suggested and dating to the first half of the 20th C.

 

Boy that would have been great, and would love to be wrong!
I bought it because of the back of of the board looks "seasoned" (correct term?), or just aged, which looks about 1890 to my untrained eye. That would match the url I found referencing the date, which, of course, I cannot seem to find in my History now.

 

Thanks Nuff hoped you chime in on him, I think he's pretty neat! He's kind of got a unusual look for monkey, just looks a little mean? South Asia is the consensus
Would love to find out more about the label but may not terribly important, Im not sure

 

Just bought 11 of these Bertoia chairs for $10.00 each.