Saturday, June 04, 2011
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
Antique FOLK ART Hammered COPPER EAGLE Candle SCONCE-$ 130
You’re right: It is most certainly an authentic Arts & Crafts era piece as well as a fine example of American folk art.
That is the back. I’m having trouble getting an image to show the fine, untouched patina. Let’s just say: “You’ll be very pleasantly surprised.” Nobody has messed with it – ever!
The wings tend outward from the wall, and that was intentional. It probably reflected light when new and shiny, but it also helped keep direct heat from the nearby wall.
RANDOM AUNTIE'S PHOTO ALBUM
the message on the back of the previous logging pic.
Friday, June 03, 2011
RANDOM 341 OBJECT
CRISP & Fine OLD Amber CUT TO CLEAR Glass ICE BUCKET-$200
Why would I keep it? We entertain ourselves, at home, with a cat and a dog and about a zillion books. When I need ice, I go to the freezer and twist a few cubes out of a flexible plastic ice cube tray. Two or three always miss my glass and fall to the floor where the cat bats them around for a minute or two, then the pup carries them off someplace where they’re easily found the next morning with your bare feet.
This one has no chips or cracks whatsoever, and it also has a ground and polished bottom. Oh yeah – The top rim is also ground and polished.
The only thing on the bottom is legitimate signs of having been on a vibrating planet for years; tiny, light scratches, which, if they weren’t there, would make me suspect of its age.
I suppose it originally came from Bohemia / Czechoslovakia or places famous for their cut glass.
