Posted By: Jan Ramsey
Posted Date: Oct 02, 2007 (12:19 PM)
Greetings,
My name is Jan and I was just surfing the web when I found your site. I was amazed at the information so generously provided and have high hopes perhaps somebody can tell me a little bit about the following piece.
My grandma and grandpa (smile) were married for over 50 years before he passed away. My grandma is still alive, but suffers from advanced Alzheimer �s disease and isn�t coherent enough to tell any more stories. My mom knew I had always liked this vase, and so gave it to me when she and her sister went through grandma�s things.
I was beyond thrilled!
I am not sure what to say about the piece except that it is bronze (I think) all the way through. Each scale is actually a wire. The vase is about 8 � inches high and about 2 � inches in girth.
I tried to get several different angles of the work, but it is so fine that when I magnified the camera the pictures lost a lot of resolution�..but I think you can get the point.
As I said, I really don�t know a lot about it, but I do know that in order to do such intricate wire-work by hand, well, it had to be the work of a master. Either that or it is mass-produced�..well, OK, to my untrained eye I would think it is a master, the detail is just insane!
Thank you for your time and expertise!
Sincerely,
Jan Ramsey
PS I read a post in your forum about how colors of the enamel (being pastel) can indicate age. Don�t know if that helps or not, but I was thrilled to see it is pastel colors ;o)
- Jan - Oct 07, 2007 (01:47 PM)