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Antique Questions Forum / Cast iron cannon

« on: July 23, 2013, 10:58:58 am »

This cannon is very old and looks like it might be able to fire

There is writing on the side "alma"

This is very heavy and the barrel is hollow and there is a place to put a wick

Approx size 6"height x 14"length

Does any one know anything about this?

There  is a bar missing that holds the barrel on

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Silver bangle

« on: July 03, 2013, 04:45:14 pm »

 

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Silver bangle

« on: July 03, 2013, 04:42:36 pm »

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Antique Questions Forum / Silver bangle

« on: July 03, 2013, 04:41:10 pm »

Hello all, sorry I have not been on here for a while. I have had to have my annual holiday to visit my "outlaws" in Iceland....

Just got back to work yesterday and found this rather nice silver bangle but I have not got a clue about the markings? At fist I thought hmmm they look Greek or something but I am to good with this stuff.


Any help as a start would be good :-) thanks people

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: todays find - display case from jewellers window?

« on: May 15, 2013, 03:16:28 pm »

looks like card type cheap wood? however it has this thrilly lace type fabric. the door opens outwards ad has  aglass shelf inside that can hold about  3 ring in boxes on the shelf.

It is "quirky"

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Antique Questions Forum / todays find - display case from jewellers window?

« on: May 15, 2013, 01:39:12 pm »

ok busy day today and the best thing i found was this.

any ideas? Do you think it is a display case

size approx 12" x 8"

glass shelf inside

on reverse is J C Vickery

about them This was the firm of John Collard Vickery, an important and sucessful player in the retail side of the gold and silversmithing business in the early 20th century.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Rare chinese find - Was it made for the emperor

« on: May 15, 2013, 01:24:46 pm »

What the toes mean depends on the age of the stitchery.

Historically, the dragon was the symbol of the Emperor of China. In the Zhou Dynasty, the 5-clawed dragon was assigned to the Son of Heaven, the 4-clawed dragon to the nobles (zhuhou, seigneur), and the 3-clawed dragon to the ministers (daifu). In the Qin Dynasty, the 5-clawed foot dragon was assigned to represent the Emperor while the 4-clawed and 3-clawed dragons were assigned to the commoners. The dragon in the Qing Dynasty appeared on national flags.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_dragon

This is no longer followed and after a time, people could put as many toes on their dragons as they wanted. There are also Korean dragons and Japanese dragons which have different numbers of toes. So you have to first identify the country of origin, then the age of the piece to determine if the number of toes has any significance or not.

I have a 100+ year old hand carved Chinese wedding bed with dragons. My dragons have three toes. The dragons are also highly abstract. Both these factors we believe indicate that my bed was owned by a common person during a time when the rules about toes were still followed or at least were respected. Here is one of my dragons:

great thanks for the information, i have since been told that this might be from a wedding bed. thanks again

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Rare chinese find - Was it made for the emperor

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:26:16 am »

Could be a buddhist character but also the Jade Emperor - the panel depicting the eight immortals crossing the sea to the peach banquet

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281104595872&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

i have added the photos to the listing :-)

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Rare chinese find - Was it made for the emperor

« on: May 15, 2013, 08:11:03 am »

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47128014@N02/sets/72157633501518880/

please see the photos here

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Rare chinese find - Was it made for the emperor

« on: May 15, 2013, 07:17:21 am »

Ok I found this silk banner on a house clearance last week, about a year ago a friend was saying to me that only the emperor is alowed to own something that has a 5 clawed dragon.. Is this correct?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281104595872&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

No that's not correct. However, this is superb quality, probably late 19th / early 20th.
The birds are fenghuang. I think this is depicting the eight immortals and one other character ( it says nine people )

Should be a few thousand in todays money.

thanks for the info it was racking my brains trying to work out the birds.

Can you get extra pictures ? I'd like to see who the immortals are with ( definitely them ). Might be buddha or an emperor.

My guess at a price is £5,000, though if some Chinese think it's older then it could do a bit more

well after further research and asking my chinese friend who is a big fan of chinese history she has informed me it is a buddah.

i will post pictures :-D

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Rare chinese find - Was it made for the emperor

« on: May 15, 2013, 04:57:19 am »

Ok I found this silk banner on a house clearance last week, about a year ago a friend was saying to me that only the emperor is alowed to own something that has a 5 clawed dragon.. Is this correct?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281104595872&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

No that's not correct. However, this is superb quality, probably late 19th / early 20th.
The birds are fenghuang. I think this is depicting the eight immortals and one other character ( it says nine people )

Should be a few thousand in todays money.

thanks for the info it was racking my brains trying to work out the birds.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Rare chinese find - Was it made for the emperor

« on: May 15, 2013, 04:56:35 am »

well lets hope this is the one :-) I have had so many emails regarding this. People are offering buy it now prices again and again.

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Antique Questions Forum / Rare chinese find - Was it made for the emperor

« on: May 15, 2013, 03:49:41 am »

Ok I found this silk banner on a house clearance last week, about a year ago a friend was saying to me that only the emperor is alowed to own something that has a 5 clawed dragon.. Is this correct?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=281104595872&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help with 'loft find'

« on: May 15, 2013, 03:43:43 am »

Love the door knocker, Tray looks interesting are the flowers painted on? oh and nice find on the speakers :-) I found a nice chinese piece on a house clearance last week, I will post it on here, although it is already on ebay i just think it is interesting.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Help with 'loft find'

« on: May 14, 2013, 04:44:15 pm »

you would have thought so .. however i have had this little guy before. After further digging around look at this!