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Vintage_Joe

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Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva, Alvar Aalto, Gunnel Nyman, Kaj Franck, Oiva Toikka, Nanny Still...etc.. old chinese ceramics, jewelry, old fishing gears, coins, stamTapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva, Alvar Aalto, Gunnel Nyman, Kaj Franck, Oiva Toikka, Nanny Still...etc.. old chinese ceramics, jewelry, old fishing gears, coins, stamps, vinyl lp's, 1800-century glass, clocks, Arabia ceramics, cameras.....you name it. (Read more)

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Abu Byting jig - Fishingin Fishing
8 days ago
Karelian plaited ribbon motif - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
8 days ago
Napoleon Hat - Clocksin Clocks
18 days ago
My Ambass reels - Fishingin Fishing
19 days ago
Optic glass - Glasswarein Glassware
19 days ago
Silver buckle - Fine Jewelryin Fine Jewelry
19 days ago
Ginger Jars - Asianin Asian
22 days ago
Ginger Jar - Asianin Asian
22 days ago
Shaft bell 
1 month ago
Chinese vase - Asianin Asian
1 month ago

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  1. Have u ever heard the big red(ruby)one, it is maybe myth ;)
  2. I'm in love :)
  3. Very nice set. Nuutajärvi = Notsjö, in swedish ;)
  4. This pin is from my grand mothers estate. I had box for it too, can say sure that it's not very old. I had catalog for finnish silver stamps also but thanks for advice.
  5. Did you mean Pentti Sarpaneva he was glass -and jewelry designer. Also Timo Sarpaneva's big brother, well-known art glass designer from Iittala glassworks. But, this jewelry is nothing to do with Pen...
  6. I can only say stunning:)
  7. I found this, this can be hell diver from coldwater bait company. http://www.oldfishinglure.com/miscluregallery1.htm
  8. I remember this from school. Is there crank in place? I'll never touch it again ;)
  9. Coin is 2€.
  10. Looks very old, Heddon maybe, find the catalog.
  11. I hope that i live in england but no roman coins in finland :)
  12. Ok. Picking the most fun is the articles in the origin and history of the analysis is not so much the object ownership. Whatever the origin of the problem may be found in the places where your grand...
  13. Anyway they are difficult to distinguish from each other.
  14. Have you had any relatives in Finland? I say this because since there may be a coat of arms of the Grand Duchy of Finland. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Duchy_of_Finland
  15. May i ask, is this metal detecting find? Cool coin.
  16. These clocks are well made. HAC was big clock manufacturer mainly to the exporting US market. Two crossed arrows are HAC trademark if you find this mark in your clock it is HAC.
  17. I agree. It is an old symbol of the Russian Tsar and the administration account that was also in Finnish history, until the Bolsheviks came to power in Russia in 1917.
  18. In first Aalto vases the signature is made of the thinnest block letters.
  19. About signatures, there is 3 way to do it. First, engraving pen is oldest way, when they used it early 40's and 50's Aalto vases blown into wooden mold so almost every vase are different because hot ...
  20. http://www.20thcenturyglass.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=2831 Very similar in appearance ;)
  21. Very nice belt theme ;)
  22. Hi Nice reel but is 5500 text sticker, it looks like?
  23. Thanks but no need to date this my grandmothers brooch. It's not very old, 50 or 60's made like i said.
  24. Brooch, of course, thankx vetrai050.
  25. Sorry, round 700 AD.
  26. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was finnish designer and architect. Model was designed in 1936 and has participated in Karhula-Iittala glassworks in the contest. Model of competition called the "Eskimåkvinn...
  27. So elegant set.
  28. This is from 1920's :( Stamp 797 http://gotheborg.com/marks/index-china-marks.htm
  29. Yes i notice that but chinese people are smart to copy everything. ;)
  30. Movie music is just great. There is lot of it: http://www.discogs.com/William-Shatner-The-Transformed-Man/release/1939918
  31. Looks like kings ring, wow!
  32. Correct K'ang-Hsi period is 1662-1722. I am trying clarify this stamp, there is only 4 marks usually there is 6 of them. Jiajing period is one option too, there is used same wash decoration at the p...
  33. Look the cups bottoms against light, is there "Geisha Head" stamp? I think these are 1940-1950.
  34. Nice bowl, in Finland we call this kind of glass "myrkkylasi" = poisonglass. There is nothing poison except how they are made in early 1900. In factory they spray thing layer of metaloxide these item...
  35. Show that the object is actually made with potter's wheel.
  36. ;) ha haa
  37. Thanks lovedecanters the link. It looks like my item very much, i don't know for sure, broze, iron or something else because my item is still in case. Very interesting detail in showcase has number ...
  38. I like these very much...Heddon..etc..nice pic.
  39. Ok, i add some new pictures. I understand that there is lot of repro and fake ones but somewhere is still the genuine one. I am still searching ;)
  40. That's the way it is. There are only very few things that have not been copied.
  41. http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/80119-really-old-roman-glass-or-tourist-stuff Here is one my item. I am not expert of roman glass any kind, but when i look my vase i can imagine that this va...
  42. I like these Nanny's turquoise items.
  43. Thankx vetraio50
  44. Thanks to Jim for stamp info. I like to know when this vase is made? I would also like to know more on the vase, in which people are chasing some kind animal, I have read something about it but the ...
  45. Thanx toolate2, this cat is always around.
  46. Thankx to sundaydriver for info.
  47. They are chinese ok, i had great book chinese items. It is round 1890, mandarin theme, crakeled glazing and etching mark in the bottom.
  48. Finnish know how. Thanks to baitman.
  49. Dragon is very nice, vow!
  50. The medieval spirit of a smaller.
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Helena Tynell - Sun bottles tamara aladin H.A.C. Mantel Clock - MADE IN WURTTEMBERG Roman empire golden (war?) coin Antique Victorian Silver Malachite buckle brooch Alvar Aalto Vase Made In China...But I Like It Anyway.... LIZ TAYLOR in CLEOPATRA Nanny Still T/335 ? chinese man fishing Likely 19th Century Qing Guangxu Porcelain Bowl My other Stevens & Williams Royal Brierly Rainbow vase Meiji-Era Japanese Satsuma? Flask Vase Hank Williams, Johnny & the Hurricanes ,The Fendermen 45's Sun Labels-- Two from the 50s and One Newer of Elvis First recording for his Mother I BOUGHT THIS NEWCOMB COLLEGE VASE CIRCA 1923 AT A GARAGE SALE FOR .50 SATURDAY 6/15/12!!!!!!!!! Antonio da Ros Greta Vase - Walther & Sohne - Germany 1930's