01-13-2018 08:15 PM
Hi help please I need 2 give back story I am actress queenie vassar & joe cawthorns great grand daughter she bought many stunning art of all categories I have 2 sterling pieces I would like 2 sell but cant identify origin. This piece is missing 2 wheels but what is left is really beautiful and interesting with unicorns I guess as coat of arms?? Also there is what appears to be neptune?? Why they are on a coach and horses ?? It is so detailed it has sterling. curtains and more here are the pictures thanku so much in advance
01-14-2018 12:14 AM
Apart from the assay marks I find the pictures too visually confusing to form an opinion, I am unable to form an image of the whole object.
The marks may be Hanau pseudo marks, silver marks used by a German town in the late 19th C. I am quite possibly wrong about this.
01-14-2018 04:17 AM
With the wheels missing, what you have is an interesting fragment at this point. I believe they were made as desktop/tabletop accessories and many countries made these. I've never heard of your relative; if they are famous you need to explain/detail (dates/location/medium/awards) that in your listing. As suggested, better pics showing the entire object would help. You will have better pics for your listing, right?
01-14-2018 04:33 AM - edited 01-14-2018 04:35 AM
@estatesbyrose wrote:with unicorns I guess as coat of arms??
I believe it's the British Lion and Unicorn, with crown (which doesn't necessarily mean, of course, that the piece is British-made):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_and_the_Unicorn
Interestingly, the traditional Gold State Coach used by the monarch has four tritons "representing Britain's imperial power" (presumably inspired by the notion of sea-power). But the design is quite different:
https://www.royalcollection.org.uk/collection/5000048/gold-state-coach
01-14-2018 04:45 AM
@sonomabarn67 wrote:I've never heard of your relative; if they are famous you need to explain/detail (dates/location/medium/awards) that in your listing.
This is Joe Cawthorn:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cawthorn
And here's some information about Queenie Vassar:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890777/
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/197607|126191/Queenie-Vassar/
I'm ashamed to say I'd never heard of her, either, despite the fact she hailed from my home city.
01-14-2018 05:43 AM - edited 01-14-2018 05:45 AM
@afantiques wrote:The marks may be Hanau pseudo marks, silver marks used by a German town in the late 19th C. I am quite possibly wrong about this.
I think you've got it. There are images of the first mark on this page:
http://www.925-1000.com/Fgerman_hanau_marks_01.html
01-15-2018 03:38 AM
Born in Glascow, Scotland on 28 Oct 1870. Queenie married Joseph Cawthorn and had a child. She passed away on 11 Sep 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0890777/bio
01-15-2018 03:49 AM
@daveydempsey wrote:Born in Glascow
01-15-2018 12:47 PM
@argon38 wrote:
@daveydempsey wrote:Born in Glascow
You not heard of Glascow
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/explore/glascow-scotland/
I just copied it, I didn`t check it for spelling.
01-15-2018 12:56 PM
01-15-2018 01:10 PM - edited 01-15-2018 01:11 PM
@daveydempsey wrote:You not heard of Glascow
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/explore/glascow-scotland/
I just copied it, I didn`t check it for spelling.
And after exploring beautiful Glascow, she journeyed on to see the sights in beautiful Mosgow.
01-15-2018 01:10 PM
I've been there and it truly is a bovine divine city.
01-15-2018 01:13 PM
01-15-2018 01:19 PM
01-15-2018 01:36 PM
My handy central location puts me about equidistant between the two cities.