Artifactual History Appraisal
MAY 6, 2020
GLASS DECORATIVE ITEMS AND TABLEWARE/BARWARE: A. How to photograph so an expert can see: Cut glass versus pressed – hard to see in photos. Shoot a close up of bottom, there, look for these features: Pontil mark, which is where the glass blower would have attached his blow rod. Look for a fraction or number.
Harrison Appraisals
MARCH 31, 2023
By the age of 14, he was apprenticed to a glass factory at Newcastle-on-Tyne where his father hoped he would learn the trade of glass-cutter. While working at the glass factory, Brown studied nights at the School of Design in Newcastle. Robert Harrison 3/28/23 1 “Jobs in a 19 th Century Glass Factory”, Corning Museum of Glass.
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Invaluable
MARCH 4, 2024
Degas’ Absinthe Drinker depicts Ellen Andree, his muse, with a glass of absinthe in the Parisian Café de la Nouvelle Athenes. His signature crachis, or spatter method of splattering ink onto a lithographic stone was used in his poster designs for the Moulin Rouge and other salons.
WorthPoint
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Champenois Imprimeur-Editeur color lithograph with gold gilding, advertises Ferdinand Champenois of Paris, Muchas primary printer. He designed jewelry for only 10 years before moving on to glass-making, but in that short time, he gifted the world with the most enigmatic and extraordinary jewels that are avidly pursued by collectors.
WorthPoint
APRIL 15, 2025
I had written just last week about Winchester cartridge advertising boardsthose gloriously detailed lithographed showcases of ammo historyand mentioned an 1897 example that fetched $57,500 at Milestone. Not bad for a sheet of paper under glass. And with that, its time to call it a day!
WorthPoint
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
Sweet Romance jewelry with genuine Czech glass from the 1930s and other Egyptian revival elements. Many pieces with Egyptian motifs incorporate one or more glass elements that are said to be genuine old stock dating to the 1930s. Have you ever thought about creating your own jewelry line?
Invaluable
MARCH 26, 2025
Repetitive patterns made their way into Gothic-era stained glass, like the western rose window of Chartres Cathedral. Leonardo Da Vinci – Hombre Vitruviano, Lithograph. Almost concurrently Christian art and architecture also began to rely on these sacred shapes to c ultivate harmonious creations in line with the universe.
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