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Rikuson

Rikuson

Australia

I collect tea-related items from the 1830s. I love anything ridiculously ostentatious! Rococo style is my favourite.

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Painting of the sun god, Helios - Fine Artin Fine Art
Old tea set - China and Dinnerwarein China and Dinnerw…
Old true trio/quad? - China and Dinnerwarein China and Dinnerw…
My grandma's repurposed necklace - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
Turquoise swastika pin - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
My grandma's brooches 2 - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
My grandma's brooches 1 - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
Old Irish brooch - Costume Jewelryin Costume Jewelry
My grandma's Villeroy & Boch dog - Animalsin Animals

Comments

  1. Hi Newfld! Thanks so much for the information, I really appreciate it. It makes the painting even more exciting! I thought four horses was a bit too much for a normal a guy, but just doing an image...
  2. Thank you so much for the information, Adele! I really appreciate it! I cannot believe my sleepy little suburb had a treasure like this. Thanks again!
  3. Thank you so much for your kind words! At the time, I don't think I appreciated it as much as I should have, but now (when I'm too old to wear such a thing!), it's definitely one of my treasures. ...
  4. I have this figurine - it's beautiful! There are a lot of other animals in the set. They were sold by Avon.
  5. A lovely collection I know my mother would be jealous of! She has the same bottle as your big pagoda one, but it has the Eiffel Tower engraved on the stopper. I wonder how many different versions ...
  6. Thanks so much for the information, billretirecoll! I've just had a close look at the stone settings (I'm sorry if I use funny words for the parts), and the little clawed cups that the stones sit in ...
  7. Thanks so much, Ms.CrystalShip! ^_^ I hope that we can find out more about its origins. I'm sad it's not as old as the seller said, but now, it's a different kind of interesting!
  8. Spectacular! I wish my local charity shops had anything even half as wonderful in them!
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Loves

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Cut Glass Perfume Bottles maybe Handcrafted in US or Czechoslovakian Ceramic cat colorful Elio Raffaeli For Ogetti Murano Aquarium Christian Dior Gold Tone Bow Ribbon Brooch My very beautiful Victorian trio Kosta Boda for WWF Eurasian lynx Antique Cup and Saucer and Plate - 1839-1845- Rustic Bean Handle Imperial FH 200 Vase - Free Hand Line Stumped by this yard sale find- Tlaquepaque Tonala Fantasia? Or something else? Fish and Ship Paperweight Brooches, Glass Intaglio, Early 20th Century Trifari King of Diamonds brooch Vintage Murano Candelabra Aynsley Cabinet Cup and Saucer Sea Horse figurine on a glass sea bed Lead crystal glass by Cristal D'Arques, quite charming Unmarked Hand-Painted Bone China Tea Cups & Saucers - Set 8 Antique Cup and Saucer Trio - H&R Daniel - Pattern 8802