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Help Please with Greek Letters On Pin

Hello, I am looking for help please with some Greek letters on a Pin. I know the first is Mu and the last is Kappa, but I have no idea what that second letter that looks like a "C" is and I have not had any luck with searching so far. I would appreci...

any more info on 10 inch chalkware asian child ?

hoping to find more info on 10 in ch tall chalkware asian child figure.....i cannot find any signatures...but it may have been rubbed off from bottom ? are there any instances where esther hunt or others whose work is similar... DID NOT sign her chal...

Kitchen Whatsit? Butter or Cookie Press? Folk Art or Primitive? Can't decide

Ended up with 2 truck loads of items from a flea market seller who was retiring so no information on provenance.Going through a box this morning I spotted one of these at the bottom and first thought was butter press but not so sure after some search...

Estate Wool Pictorial woven rug Mexican Native American?

Hi all and thanks.From an estate. I was thinking those look like Yei characters but this is an area I know little of. Is that a horse or lama? Any thoughts would be gratfulley accepted. Approx. 38" long w additional 2" fringe. 18 1/2" wide

Help Please With Signed Bronze Lizard Or Horn Toad-Any Info at All Would Help!

Hi ya'll! I got this piece today. Saw it and just had to have it. It is a bronze lizard or, more likely, a horny toad. It is signed on the bottom, but it is really hard to make it out. It has a bale so I think it is a pendant. A really big, heavy pen...

Is this a tiffany scarab?

To me this looks like a loose tiffany scarab, but I haven't seen one this color. It's 1.5" long, unsigned (which in my understanding is typical for these), and you can see kind of a white substance that comes off if you touch it, around where it woul...

Help identifying Antique Chinese Ceramic dish

Hi,Any help identifying this Antique Chinese 8 petal ceramic dish woule be greatly appreciated, Thank you!

Is this an old Victorian Clip for Papers?

that is my best guess... it is 2 1/2" long.

Strange little heavy object

appears to be copper, and solid measures about 3/4" long.

What is this object?

It is heavy for its size, and it has a loop at the end that appears that it should hang. thanks in advance for you help!!

patinated bronze brutalist style nude figure...any ID ?

cannot read this singnature...M something and S something.. ( found at auction)will try to get better photos...7 inch long brutalist style...reclining woman.....nude...hoping someone may be a bkle to read and / or recognize the sculptor/ artist ....t...

what are these things

this is a pair of something, they appear to be brass have lions feet , they measure 6 inches tall, and the base is three inches in dia, I have racke my brain , first I though candle holders without the top ,then I thought some sort of bathroom fixtur...

early 1800's blanket chest, SHAKER?

I got this a couple years ago at the Salvation Army. If you google, Antique Shaker Blanket chest ANTIQUES ROADSHOW, you will see one that looks like it could have been made by the same person but I'm not a Shaker expert so Please give me your opinion...

Anybody know age or maker of wax jack, also region?

I found out this is a wax jack on another discussion board, now I'm wondering if anyone knows the age or maker of it and possibly where it's made? It is all brass with a cut crystal bowl, the plinth is possibly bronze, and the bottom seems to be weig...

Any Info on this Brass Pin?

I tried this on the Military group page but no replies. Does anyone recognize what this pin is from? It has laurel wreaths and interlocking "CP" pr "PC". Thanks in Advance for your help!!!