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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9557795, member: 111"]Sorry - saw these pretty pieces earlier but had to run. Though I think there's some deeply buried memory of seeing that 'I.G.' mark, it's definitely not anything my brain can access - ran through my available references with no results, but believe it's almost certainly late 19th-early 20th century Norwegian (love those elegant legs). And as already said, the little pot is Rajasthani - have seen similar pieces misidentified, including in at least one reference book, as originating in all sorts of places, China is much more reasonable than most.</p><p><br /></p><p>Might mention that neither is guilloché, which would be an engine-turned design, whether enameled or not - these are basse-taille enamel, transparent enamel over a design or texture in the recess...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://10gables.com/blogs/blog/10-enamel-techniques-explained?fbclid=IwAR0H_Ygm_7BP4GLzYZ636JyYbJjFW2xxE0uJE7P0IFbZwRaOOsuc8ghsmuI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://10gables.com/blogs/blog/10-enamel-techniques-explained?fbclid=IwAR0H_Ygm_7BP4GLzYZ636JyYbJjFW2xxE0uJE7P0IFbZwRaOOsuc8ghsmuI" rel="nofollow">https://10gables.com/blogs/blog/10-enamel-techniques-explained?fbclid=IwAR0H_Ygm_7BP4GLzYZ636JyYbJjFW2xxE0uJE7P0IFbZwRaOOsuc8ghsmuI</a></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 9557795, member: 111"]Sorry - saw these pretty pieces earlier but had to run. Though I think there's some deeply buried memory of seeing that 'I.G.' mark, it's definitely not anything my brain can access - ran through my available references with no results, but believe it's almost certainly late 19th-early 20th century Norwegian (love those elegant legs). And as already said, the little pot is Rajasthani - have seen similar pieces misidentified, including in at least one reference book, as originating in all sorts of places, China is much more reasonable than most. Might mention that neither is guilloché, which would be an engine-turned design, whether enameled or not - these are basse-taille enamel, transparent enamel over a design or texture in the recess... [URL]https://10gables.com/blogs/blog/10-enamel-techniques-explained?fbclid=IwAR0H_Ygm_7BP4GLzYZ636JyYbJjFW2xxE0uJE7P0IFbZwRaOOsuc8ghsmuI[/URL] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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