Hello:

Does anyone have any idea about this antique Japanese export furniture. I have been researching and discovered this was made roughly in late 1800s / early 1900s in Japan.

This cast-iron plate is from a five-plate jamb stove made by the Pennsylvania Dutch in 1749. It was pulled from a house that dates to the 1720s.

When I first started researching it, I thought it was a traditional but rare Fire Back. As I dug deeper, I found the same plate in Henry Mercer's "Bible of Iron". He references this plate as #46, "Temptation of Joseph."

The plate has the following on it: DAS WEIB DES SUCHT JOSEPH ZV ENTZVNDE IM I B MOSE 13C 1749

Translation: "The woman who seeks to corrupt Joseph. In 1st Book Moses 13 chapter 1749"

Only a couple of these plates are known, and most of those are in Museum collections.

Dimensions: H-23 1/4" x W-22 1/4"

Weight - 80lb

It appears to be holding an orange or apple. Is there any historical or cultural symbolism behind the hand or fruit?

They live on Peter Jefferson’s property. His headstone is here in the yard.

The Smithsonian came out to do some research and said one of my “arrowheads” was actually a 3,000 year old digging tool. The bullet casing is civil war era. Whish I knew more about the clock parts.

I found this when remodeling my guestroom under newspaper from 1926, does anyone recognize it?

My great grandfather was a furniture maker from Sicily and this was made 110 or so years ago. No labels anywhere. That's all I know. Please help and if Im in the totally wrong spot please let me know. Thank You!

Can anyone identify this and value it?

I recently purchased what I believe is a late Georgian bookcase from a furniture consignment store in Virginia for $2,500. Unfortunately, the store had very little information about it, so I’m hoping this community can help me learn more.

What I know so far:

• Provenance: It was previously owned by Susan Kay Van Reypen Reynolds, who loved antiques and traveled extensively throughout her life. I was told she cherished this piece enough to move it with her from the estate she shared with her husband after he passed.
• Age and origin: Based on its characteristics, my research suggests it is English and dates to somewhere between 1800 and 1870.
• Condition: There is considerable wear in some areas, which seems appropriate for a piece that may be 150+ years old. It also appears to have been reinforced or repaired at some point in its life.
• Function: It was sold to me as a bookcase, but two of the shelves have raised lips, which makes me think they were designed to display china.
• Size: 57" W x 85" H. I haven’t come across a piece this large before.

My questions:

• Does the construction (joinery, wood, hardware, back boards) support a late Georgian English attribution, or could it be a later reproduction or a Colonial-style piece made elsewhere?
• Can anyone narrow down the date or region of origin?
• Is the lipped shelf detail typical of a china display cabinet or breakfront from this period?
• Are there any maker’s marks, labels, or other details I should look for to help with identification? I have not seen any maker's marks or labels.

I picked up these Japanese prints at auction. I can't find anything about them or the artist online.

Is anyone able to shed some light on them?

Thanks!

While cleaning out a family members estate, I saved this from being tossed in the bin. Google lens says trench art but I don’t see any markings(which could be under rust) it does look handmade to me. I saw there are people that collect this sort of thing. Is it worth cleaning up the rust? Would that make it less valuable? How much would something like this go for? The ones I have found on online antique shops only say sold, not how much they sold for.

Any info is greatly appreciated as even if it’s not something I necessarily would collect myself, I still find it interesting learning about items.

I bought this beautiful art deco/art nouveau bag (or maybe victorian/edwardian??), and I'm planning on cleaning and reconditioning the leather, so I can actually use it.

However, it occured to me that the victorians were notorious for using toxic dyes, substances and techniques to make stuff all the time, so I'd like to know if this bag could potentially be hazardous to restore and use.

Any info about this and the bag in general is HIGHLY appreciated as I couldn't find much online!

Hi, I bought this off little thing today and hope someone knows something about it. I did some image searches but couldn't find anything. About 5.5" tall, no maker mark that I can see. Both pieces have "12" written on them in gold paint.

Where are its eyes?

Thank you!

My mirror is already in the shop getting the mirror replaced but does anyone know how I can determine what size of these to use or what to even do to attach it to the holder

I’ve been building a free hallmark identifier and would love to get feedback from the community:

https://www.mozerisfineantiques.com/silver-hallmark-identifier

I’ve been trading in antiques for 10 years and created the tool to make it easier to search for and identify hallmarks from different countries. It currently links to around 50,000 marks, and I’m continuing to improve and expand it.

It’s free to use. If you try it, I’d really appreciate hearing how you get on and what could be better. If you find it useful, sharing it would also help more people discover it and support the project’s growth.

The larger piece measures 28 inches tall and the other vessel measures 20 inches tall. The circumference of the larger one measures 52 inches and the smaller measures 43 inches in circumference.

My wife inherited this wardrobe from her parents who bought it at an antique store in either Illinois or Missouri ~30 years ago. They don't have any information on its origin. It has has pieces replaced, lost, or added, but is held together with wooden wedges as seen in the last photo and can be dismantled. The top and bottom are separate pieces, I believe. The shelves are not original and the quatrefoil outlines might have at one point been red moulding. The size is 69.25" x 24" x 71".

Based on other pieces we've found online, the title is our best guesses for the origin of this. It has round feet and the original wooden pegs inside, as well as the original hardware with what looks like hand-wrought nails. Would anyone know any more exact details as to its origins? And if so, are there any safety concerns re: lead or toxicity in the paint and stain used? We're hoping to restore it and stick as close to a period accurate/its original design as possible.

This is one of my mom's belongings and I'm trying to sell it after her passing. I'm keeping some other pieces, I just don't have room for it. Any idea what it is or maybe what is worth?

Located in the Midwest of the USA

When looking up information on Sara Wadsworth on Google I can find some information verifying the date range that she was alive. My uncle's ex used to thrift regularly in the 90s and found this. I helping my uncle out by selling some vintage Murano Glass on eBay for him and we found this plate? The plate is misshapen as if it were handmade. It has texture to it, heavy and is really vibrant with color still. It has been wrapped in news paper since the 90's and was picked up thrifting by my uncle's ex. I don't have more information on its origin than that. I have tons of Victorian and depression era glass books but I can't find anything similar. Any help with identifying this piece or how I can verify the information would be awesome. I want to keep it since it is so stunning.

I was hoping for help identifying the time a millstone I found was used. I also found an immage on Wikipedia which seems to match the design but it didn't have the source of the picture (the sixth picture is the Wikipedia one)

The Symphonion Musikwerke company was founded around 1885–1886 in the city of Leipzig (then part of the Kingdom of Saxony—now Germany) by Paul and Ernst Lochmann. They were the inventors of music boxes with interchangeable tin plates. This allowed a single music box to play many different melodies. Around 1900, Symphonion had to face new challenges in the music industry. Edison, with his wax cylinders, and Emil Berliner, with his invention of the records, dominated the market. Symphonion responded by introducing innovative gramophones to the market. The quality of their craftsmanship was legendary, and their engines were considered indestructible. Unfortunately, Symphonion could not compete in the market with its high quality standards and the associated prices; low-cost manufacturers such as Lindström flooded the market. What remains are rare mechanical masterpieces that are now considered investments.
The Symphonion has been restored and is in perfect condition. Only materials that were used at the time were employed. The wooden cabinet was stripped of its non-original layers of paint and hand-polished anew with approximately 20 layers of shellac. The motor was cleaned and should function without any problems for the next 50 years. Oxidized parts were re-nickel-plated, because no one wants to look at rust spots while enjoying the music of the 1920s. The sound box was fitted with new rubber bearings, and the sound is as good as it was on the day it was first delivered in 1908.

The Symphonion Music Works company was founded around 1885/1886 in Leipzig (then part of the Kingdom of Saxony – now Germany) by Paul and Ernst Lochmann. They invented music boxes with interchangeable tin discs, allowing a single music box to play many different melodies. Around 1900, Symphonion faced new challenges in the music industry. Edison, with his wax cylinders, and Emil Berliner, with his invention of the gramophone record, dominated the market. Symphonion responded by introducing innovative gramophones. The quality of their craftsmanship was legendary, and their motors were considered virtually indestructible. Unfortunately, Symphonion, with its high quality standards and correspondingly high prices, could not compete in the market, which was flooded by low-cost manufacturers like Lindström. What remains are rare masterpieces of mechanics, now considered valuable investments.
The Symphonion has been restored and is in perfect condition. Only materials originally used were employed. The wooden case was stripped of its non-original paint layers and hand-polished with approximately 20 coats of shellac. The motor was cleaned and should function flawlessly for the next 50 years. Oxidized parts were re-nickel-plated, because nobody wants to be confronted with rust stains while enjoying the music of the 1920s. The soundbox was fitted with new rubber bearings, and the sound is as good as it was on the day it was first delivered in 1908.

I bought this brass wire basket at the Portes de Vanves flea market in Paris last week. At lease 6 dealers stopped me to admire it as we walked through. It is approx. 15 inches diameter x 9 inches high. It has a beautiful patina and is remarkably perfect with no bends or lack of symmetry. I'm so curious about it and it's worth! I paid 20 euros for it. Thanks!

Any clue? It was only $2 and I have never seen this type of glass photo before.