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Buddie11

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African ornament?
« on: December 09, 2012, 06:16:34 pm »
Bought this from local thrift store for 1dollar, I think it is ceramic but not positive. It is signed on bottom as you will see in pics.
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2012, 06:22:43 pm »
does,nt look like ceramic,looks more like a type of ironstone....
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2012, 06:35:34 pm »
Possibly , to be honest not sure what ironstone is. Is that good?
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2012, 06:52:02 pm »
well for a start its natural..and not man made...but just in case its something else..like maybe resin..do a hot pin test  to determine if its solid..
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2012, 07:29:25 pm »
It's solid,would be kiln fired,correct. Did the hot pin test.so what do you think?
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2012, 08:26:48 pm »
What does the bottom say,, can`t read it all !!
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2012, 08:37:01 pm »
Nikola as far as I can tell. Kind of hard to make out
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2012, 08:50:35 pm »
Is it pretty heavy for its size ??  When I enlarged it,,it appeared to be a simple clay pottery piece and looks hand made !!  One place has a chip that looks like it was coated with something !! Almost metal like !!   
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Re: African ornament?
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2012, 09:24:29 pm »
It is fairly heavy. Do you think bigwull is correct in being ironstone? Did I do ok for 1 dollar investment?
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