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Antique Questions Forum / Re: What type of pottery is this?

« on: December 28, 2011, 06:11:42 pm »

My guess would be african - note the red / yellow / green stripes. I've never seen anything quite like these though.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Turkish Rug Help

« on: October 09, 2011, 02:34:41 pm »

I've looked it over pretty carefully and really don't see a lot of wear though there are a very few loose threads. The wear you're seeing is probably the picture. I really like this rug a lot and the girl at the sale told me that it was mexican which i knew right away it was not. I may end up taking over to a local rug dealer tomorrow just to see what he has to say. I can always take more photos or better ones if necessary. Thanks for the reply!

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Antique Questions Forum / Turkish Rug Help

« on: October 09, 2011, 12:21:18 pm »

Hi folks - Just got back from an estate sale and I brought this carpet home. I believe it's Turkish - possibly wool - it's marked Made in Turkey and Daskiri. It's approx 3x5.

I'm wondering how old it could be and an approximate worth. Mostly just curious. Any help appreciated. Thanks!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Looking for identification and price info

« on: May 23, 2010, 05:44:01 pm »

Thank you so much! The Italian hint gave me what I needed. This is a piece of pottery from Deruta Italy. What i've found is:

This Renaissance pattern was inspired by Raphael’s fresco, often adorned with stylized mythic animals. The dragon, in particular, was a benevolent deity, granting good luck and fair winds to the seagoing merchants, as symbolized by the puffs of wind steaming from its mouth.

I'm having a wonderful time browsing sites looking for the same shapes. So much Fun!

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Antique Questions Forum / Looking for identification and price info

« on: May 23, 2010, 08:43:48 am »

Hello everyone, I purchased this at an estate sale yesterday - i'm not certain where this is from, the age or value. Any information would be much appreciated. I paid around 20$ for it.

The person who the estate sale was for was a big collector of cuban pottery but i do not think this is cuban - it reminds me of some of the pottery i've seen from Portugal or Mexico. I could not find the signature anywhere online. I'm positive that it's hand painted and even if it's crap i still love this thing. i think it's wonderful and it goes very well with my chinese furniture in my dining room.

Thanks in advance!

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Antique bowl from Russia

« on: November 19, 2009, 01:33:02 pm »

The word translates to Pesochnoe - here's a good site that has a few pictures of pieces with the same mark. http://www.artantique.ru/item-eng.phtml?id=26279

Hope that helps

I used this site to translate the cyrillic:
http://translit.cc/

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Italian figurine

« on: November 13, 2009, 06:33:42 pm »

I did a bit of research and can not find this exact figure but i did find this website that has a photo showing the exact signature.

http://www.seeauctions.com/show_item/123658/

There is a collectors group at www.the-society.com that you might try for assistance on exact dating etc.

The artist is Giuseppe Armani and did do work with the Capodimonte label.

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Antique Questions Forum / Re: Is this real? Haitian I think

« on: November 13, 2009, 11:13:21 am »

Good gracious! Well I certainly will drag out the lenses and inspect this closely. Thank you so much for your response.

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Antique Questions Forum / Is this real? Haitian I think

« on: November 13, 2009, 08:54:54 am »

Hi people, Need a bit of help here - I recently got this at an estate sale and believe it is a Haitian painting by Charles Dufranc. I did find a couple of his works online and this really looks like his - the signature matches anyway. I can not tell by looking at it if it is a print on canvas or a painting. My knowledge is way limited and i've been fooled before. This is approx 24 1/2 by 20 if that helps any. Even if it's 'fake' I really like it alot and I paid very little for it - like $20

Thanks in advance!
Bob

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Antique Questions Forum / Need help identifying camel figures!

« on: November 09, 2009, 10:04:02 am »

Hi - new to this forum and need some help. Picked these up at an estate sale in Fort Washington Maryland over the weekend. The sales person was not sure where they were from or the age. I think they are from India just based on the fabric used. The largest one is about 18inches high. Thanks for any help on this!