19th Century Miniature Salesman’s Sample
LW owns a miniature pine dry sink, the type, when in large scale, was used before indoor plumbing. They typically lined the basin with zinc, soapstone, or copper. The dimensions …
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LW owns a miniature pine dry sink, the type, when in large scale, was used before indoor plumbing. They typically lined the basin with zinc, soapstone, or copper. The dimensions …
IP met me at Avalon Conservation Labs in Goleta with an antique piece of tapestry, about forty-two-inch square, framed inside a Lucite box. He got it from a family involved …
BC in Carpinteria owns an ornate lamp. In the late 19th century people considered it an exquisite newel post gaslighting fixture, beautiful yet deadly. First let’s talk about the symbolism …
J owns a German saltware pottery ewer that couldn’t be more German if it tried. That style of blue relief decoration with a shiny surface dates back to the 14th …
My 2024 article on how to decipher an illegible artist signature became a big success. Many people send me art to authenticate with questions of fakes and frauds. Gloria wishes …
LW called while her friend’s house in the Palisades still smoldered. She asked this important homeowner’s insurance question: “Elizabeth, W didn’t have an appraisal for his contemporary lithography and modern …
JE sent me photos of two pieces of a five-piece set of Copeland-Spode covered dishes circa 1900. Both the style and the form of the dishes point to the late …
This 1880s cruet stand, once the rage, tells delectable stories. HU sent me a round swiveling carousel of silver plate inset with five crystal cruets, topped with an elaborate silver …
The Boys and Girls Club Thrift Store in Ventura seemed an unlikely place to find a Kundalini yoga ‘sound bath’ practitioner’s quartz crystal singing bowl. JE wrote me that her …
My daughter-in-law Meredith asked for the gift of the early 20th century white Damask banqueting tablecloth once owned by my great-aunt. Perhaps your family set tables this past season using …