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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Looking to sell a tea set from Occupied Japan painted with 24 carat gold paint

« on: September 19, 2011, 03:47:40 am »

Welcome to the Antique-Shop forum, Suzanne.

Plenty of items like you've described were manufactured in asian countries, so some pictures would help quite a bit here (including any hallmarks, etc. that you might find).... you might also try holding the bottom of a cup or saucer up to a light & look through the item (there are some types of items that have an image within the ceramic, such as: dragons, people, flowers, etc).
 

I am so glad that I was bored enough to read back 75 pages and stumble into this thread!! After reading this. i went straight to a tea set that my grandmother gave my wife a while back. SURE ENOUGH, an image of an oriental lady can be seen. WOW!! I had no idea. LOL.She will love this when she wakes up.

Thanks

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Victoria Czech Lamps

« on: September 17, 2011, 11:23:51 am »

Thanks everyone for the responses. When I can slow down a bit, I have a few more things to post up.

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EBay Forum / Re: Notifications.

« on: September 16, 2011, 01:24:28 pm »

It has been a while, but I used to get text messages when I got outbid on something. I don't see why it would be too hard for ebay to incorporate more notification possibilities.

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Antique Questions Forum / Victoria Czech Lamps

« on: September 16, 2011, 01:19:38 pm »

Last weekend my mother was getting ready to put these two lamps out for a garage sale. She says they belonged to her Great-Aunt and she had them when my mother was a child. Oky Doky..... I rescued two lamps.

BODY: 6" tall   /   9" including socket

BASE: 2.5" X 2.5"

STAMP: Victoria Czechoslavakia (green) with crown above.
         : 262 also stamped in silver

I was able to find the makers mark on Collectorscirlce.co m which indicates the lamps were made sometime between 1919 and 1945. However, this is all I have been able to find on them. Apparently Google does NOT know everything or I'm lazy. Anywho......

When packed away, several years ago??? they both worked. As long as I can remember, they have worn white shades that looks like possibly of the Wal-Mart-ish variety.

Can anyone tell me a little more about them? Did I rescue something decent or were they headed to the right place? I'm a noob so be gentle. OH, and i obviously not a
photographer either. LOL