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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 227750, member: 51"]A lack of response usually means no one has an answer to offer. This is a tough one!</p><p><br /></p><p>(One tip if you were wondering if people saw the listing ... if you check the forum list you can see that for this post there were 58 views.)</p><p><br /></p><p>In fairness, this is a very hard thing to ID. When something is in reasonable shape you can compare it to others out there, but this is so water worn, almost impossible to see what it originally must have looked like. And metal figurines have been common for a long time.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I had to guess, I'd say it was a figurine from the first part of the 20th century, equally could be from years later if done in the style of an older piece. Possible it was on a stand at one time since the feet are broken off. Or could have even been part of a lamp, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>The style of the dress might be a clue as to when it was originally designed, or what era it was made to represent if made later. [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] knows a lot about clothing through the ages.</p><p><br /></p><p>That it was found on a beach is a great story, and I hope your boyfriend's mother hangs on to it as a memento of her mother's little treasure find. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 227750, member: 51"]A lack of response usually means no one has an answer to offer. This is a tough one! (One tip if you were wondering if people saw the listing ... if you check the forum list you can see that for this post there were 58 views.) In fairness, this is a very hard thing to ID. When something is in reasonable shape you can compare it to others out there, but this is so water worn, almost impossible to see what it originally must have looked like. And metal figurines have been common for a long time. If I had to guess, I'd say it was a figurine from the first part of the 20th century, equally could be from years later if done in the style of an older piece. Possible it was on a stand at one time since the feet are broken off. Or could have even been part of a lamp, etc. The style of the dress might be a clue as to when it was originally designed, or what era it was made to represent if made later. [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] knows a lot about clothing through the ages. That it was found on a beach is a great story, and I hope your boyfriend's mother hangs on to it as a memento of her mother's little treasure find. :)[/QUOTE]
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