Current photo of studio...

Hello all. This is the current state of affairs with my studio space. The space itself is 6ft x 6ft. It's full.
There is also more repairs coming in as of today and thankfully they are of small bronzes from Indo-China. As they say, when it rains, it pours but this is decidedly monsoonal....

left to right: Chinese vase from 16th century, John Bell sculpture, William Ricketts sculpture, Various Moore pieces, 2 Oil paintings from the late 1890s,  Moorecroft bowl, Japanese lacqureware piece, Victorian crystal vase, 2 French Deco chalware vases and a pair of 1910 scrimshaw pieces. Oh, then there are the bronzes which I forgot to mention.

Now then, I may or may not be able to continue with blog updates due to being hellishly busy but I will try to add photos and snippets over the next weeks or so.

Thanks for dropping by, now go and smash something and support your local business.

Makers Marks, references. FOR FREE!

Hello one and all again. I've discovered through internet research that a lot of makers marks sights are restricted, you want the makers marks? well, pay a subscription fee. I am not really on board with this idea, sure, it's a good way to earn a little but in the long run it just makes people angry in not being able to access once free information. In the next couple of weeks I will be compiling links to websites and a lot of my own personal references.

Enjoy.

Here's the first lot from Italy. Book reference, The Book of Pottery and Porcelain by Warren E Cox. first published, 1944. great book.