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Message:: [QUOTE="blackbird939, post: 1473537, member: 13481"]Hello forum, new here. My mother recently passed away (Dec 20th). My mom's uncle always had this sconce, which was purported to be 'good'. I guess that meant it was not a copy, relatively old and therefore had some significant value. My mom got it when he passed away in 2005. It has been in her living room ever since. Now, it's come down to me. After hours of research, it appears to be a hand-painted, late 19th century Porceleyne Fles Royal Delft sconce/candle holder. I looked very closely for a dot-transfer pattern, but it really does appear to be hand-painted under at least 5X magnification. There is a uniform crazing throughout, on both sides. All of the markings I could find are different to the format I see on this example. So, not really sure. The obverse appears very similar to others I've found which date from 1880-1900. Clearly taken from a painting by Salomon Ruysdael.  However, there is nothing impressed into the reverse, as I have seen in others. In any case, they seem common enough to not really be worth too terribly much, but I promised her I'd to the research and keep it in the family.  So... can anyone tell me what I have here?[/QUOTE]