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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Several items for identification please

« on: April 07, 2011, 06:32:47 am »

Interesting, thanks for the clarification. That would explain how something like this could be mass produced and marketed at tourists. I've updated the eBay listing accordingly.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Several items for identification please

« on: April 06, 2011, 10:58:53 am »

...and here's a magnified version of the back.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Several items for identification please

« on: April 06, 2011, 10:55:52 am »

Well I'm prepared to be proven wrong and will bow to your greater knowledge. I'm clearly no antiques expert.

Yes, that is the same item posted to my mum's eBay account. These things have been sitting in storage for several years so we thought the time was now right to let them go seeing as they're doing no-one any good gathering dust.

I'll post some larger pics. Hopefully the details are a bit clearer in these.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Several items for identification please

« on: April 05, 2011, 10:09:22 am »

Thanks for the replies and sorry for not providing you with more detail. I don't have much more to add except for measurements and a signature unfortunately.

The vase is 10" tall and 5" across from handle to handle. There's no stamp underneath or marks of identification elsewhere. It appears to be constructed from blown glass.

The decorative plate is 9.5" in diametre. It's definitely made of varnished wood - it's actually a complete cross section of a whole tree, hopefully as you can tell from the picture of the back below. It appears to be hand carved and there's a signature etched into the edge of the raised pavement stones. Even if it's a cheap trinket, the workmanship is very impressive. It's highly embossed, 3D even. The intricate details are too prominent for it to be used as a tray.

The statue is 16.5" tall and 4.5" from shoulder to shoulder. This is also composed of varnished wood. It has no stamp or other marks of identification.

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Antique Questions Forum / Several items for identification please

« on: April 04, 2011, 08:56:56 am »

Hi,

When my friend passed away she left us a number of antique ornaments. Some have easily identifiable stamps on them, but three remain a mystery. I've scoured the web, yet found nothing relevant so don't know if they're ten-a-penny tourist trinkets or something more interesting. If you have any idea what any of them may be I'd be very grateful if you'd share your ideas, thanks.