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tallguybry

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Help Request
« on: July 28, 2012, 01:24:15 pm »
Hey Everyone,

First time poster here (well, actually 2nd, as I posted on the wrong section....). I picked this piece up at an antique barn this morning for $10.

- Does anyone know what it is?
- Does anyone recognize the marks on the bottom?
- Bronze maybe?

Thanks!
TGB
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Re: Help Request
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2012, 02:56:07 pm »
The green verdigris would suggest brass !! Brass is an mixture of copper and zinc in varying amounts and turns that color with a bit of age and exposure !!  From Italy so its likely just an import piece !!  Don`t recognize the symbol !!
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Re: Help Request
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2012, 02:58:18 pm »
Is the fact that it's brass a good thing?
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« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2012, 05:41:34 pm »
Agree on the verdigris, but the bottom looks like it's been painted an aqua color. That, in combination with the shape of the handles, suggests 1930s-1940s moderne/deco.

And yes, brass is a good thing.
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Re: Help Request
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2012, 09:55:34 pm »
Very cool. Thanks for the feedback. Now to figure out who the maker is....

TGB
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Re: Help Request
« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2012, 06:48:21 am »
Do you guys think it's a candy dish?
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Re: Help Request
« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2012, 08:08:53 am »
Seems too big for that...
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2012, 08:34:39 am »
Shape seems to suggest a holder for dried or otherwise artificial flowers !!
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Re: Help Request
« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2012, 11:05:11 am »
Quote from: mart on July 28, 2012, 02:56:07 pm
The green verdigris would suggest brass !! Brass is an mixture of copper and zinc in varying amounts and turns that color with a bit of age and exposure !!  From Italy so its likely just an import piece !!  Don`t recognize the symbol !!
try pyx from Greece tourist piece worth £10-20 great ancient shape ! http://www.bbc-antiques.co.uk
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2012, 11:09:50 am »
Greece? That's Italy written on the bottom.
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Re: Help Request
« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2012, 12:45:58 pm »
LOLOL ghopper1924....we all do that sometime!

Appears to be a planter base to me.
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« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2012, 12:51:42 pm »
Maybe they meant the shape was Greek inspired !!  Hard to say the item is from Greece since it states on the bottom "Italy" !! I know they are close but there are import, export regs !!
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