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The Haida carved many trade goods and souvenirs from argillite (carbonaceous shale) intended for sale to outsiders using mythical creatures, like those found in totem poles or mortuary posts, for…

Condition Report:Leather requires cleaning as it has white marks to one side. Leather with wear and discolouration consistent with age. Frame with pitting and knocks/dents as expected through use. 

The rectangular case inlaid with engraved cut-brass and mother-of-pearl, with a brass carrying handle above the glazed signed dial (restored) with blued steel moon hands, and flanked to each side by…

Condition Report; We are uncertain as to whether the decorative piercing is of the period of the hallmarking or is perhaps an Edwardian embelishment, in part it looks a little crude, nevertheless…

FootnoteBourke de Vries is a Dutch ceramic conservator and artist, who studied at West Dean College after an initial career in the fashion industry. He is now highly successful and represented by…

One with repair through neck. One with extensive loss of enamels. Another with some discolouration to the yellow. All with chips

Breaks through both feet. Long crack to the head

Vase- Chips and haircracks to the rim, the largest chip approx. 4cm by 1.5cm at deepest point. Haircrack to side approx. 9cm length. Starcrack to base. Some scuffing and markings to the the glaze…

Condition reportA vertical crack through the middle of the ivory running from top to bottom.Some surface dirt.Ivory a little bowed (a little raised at the crack in the middle).

Condition reportOriginal canvas.  Series of small surface abrasions with some paint loss in the lower left corner.  Traces of craquelure lines and some light surface dirt.  A few traces of old…

Old marks and scratches present all over expected with age, veneer to the top has started to show some splits, left side hinge to the top is loose, and the right side screws are protruding through…

Condition Report; Circular plated on copper box; agate panel in good condition, evidence of past corrosion in the bottom section of the box, which has subsequently been plated over, wearing through…

Condition Report; The Caddy; scratch to the body runs through the top of part of the fluting and also at the top section, otherwise a few dents, there is a dent to the fluting of the detachable cover…

Condition report: Some black specking and minor staining to the crackle glaze, small hairline crack on one side, not all the way through