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The more antique, ornate, and old world, the better, Lange says. Her best tip: Look beyond the tacky art in the frame.“A lot of times people can’t see past the faded, dated, and out-of-style ...
West German Art Pottery is essentially a term describing the time period of 1949–1990 and became the early way to describe the pottery because the country of origin, with numbers denoting the shape and size, was often the only "mark" on the base. Even though company names are now better known, and many items are attributed to specific makers ...
Clay pipe dating is the act of dating clay tobacco pipes found at archaeological sites to specific time periods. Pipe bowl found in Kent, southeast England. The circular hole through the tube is slightly off-centre and measures 3.36mm in diameter, and would suggest a rough date of c.1610 AD. Clay pipes are a useful archaeological dating tool ...
A bowl made around 900 years ago has just fetched $38 million at auction, setting a new record for Chinese porcelain. The antique Chinese bowl was made around 900 years ago during the Song Dynasty ...
Mississippian culture pottery. Mississippian culture pottery is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast. It is often characterized by the adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell- tempering agents in the clay paste. [1]
Once logs arrive at the Great Alaskan Bowl Co., they go through a 22-step process of carving, sanding and oiling to become wooden bowls, says cutter and sander Klaus Reeck.
Beveled rim bowls are generally uniform in size standing roughly 10 cm (4 in) tall with the mouth of the bowl being approximately 18 cm (7.1 in) in diameter. The sides of the bowls have a straight steep angle down to a very defined base usually 9 cm (3.5 in) in diameter. The bowls are made of low fired clay and have relatively thick walls ...
The process of blowing molten glass into a mold made of clay is known to have been employed in Syrian workshops as early as the 4th century BCE. Romans adopted the technique in the 1st century CE. Molds used in 19th-century European and American glass factories were cast in iron or bronze.