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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;&#039;Nuff_Said, post: 14606, member: 181&quot;]Thanks, Trip!</p><p><br /></p><p>We were able to find somewhat similar examples of the low table, but nothing that matched exactly. We were also thinking is could possible be a footrest(?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the rug does look very much like a rank badge and is one of the reasons we found it so attractive.</p><p><br /></p><p>This will probably be my last post within these Finds Threads as they have brought me too much unnecessary and unwanted negative attention over these past couple of years. I will not be leaving the board, but will no longer post newly found items within this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 10 piece lot below (believe it or not) was purchased for $82...</p><p><br /></p><p>First half of the 20th C. German coat-of-arms panting signed twice and inscribed verso.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese or Japanese, brass or bronze figure of a foo-dog or shishi, censer or inkwell <i>(not researched as of yet).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>Small 19th C.(?) Ottoman(?) unmarked silver cup, bowl or dish with two handles.</p><p><br /></p><p>First half of the 20th C. Native-American(?) lidded woven basket.</p><p><br /></p><p>Large chunk of branched red coral.</p><p><br /></p><p>(3) 19th C.(?) German(?) brass figural spoons.</p><p><br /></p><p>16th/17th C.(?) Chinese brass or bronze mounted cowrie shell spoon and black-coral handle with engraved shou-character mother-of-pearl finial <i>(I have NEVER seen anything like this before. the ONLY other examples of <u>cowrie bowl spoons</u> I found so far appear to be held in museum collections. the V&amp;A museum houses 3 European examples dating to the 16th &amp; 17th C.).</i></p><p><br /></p><p>19th C. Chinese or Japanese bronze inkwell-type item or opium-type item in the form of a dragon (not researched as of yet).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]3507[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]3508[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]3509[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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