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Title: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush on December 22, 2015, 06:36:38 am At an auction this bottle has been described as painted with a “strange fish between two waves”. How they can be so ignorant? It is more than clear that it is a clam! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Giovanni Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: YT on December 22, 2015, 07:11:20 am Hahahaha....
Giovanni, it is a bat. Cheers, YT Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush on December 22, 2015, 10:01:40 am Dear YT,
you see by the smiling icons that I knew that. I was expecting other suggestions, who knows, a red devil maybe? ;D Kind regards Giovanni Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: Joey on December 22, 2015, 02:35:26 pm Dear Giovanni,
How did the auction house date this obviously modern enamelled porcelain? Ca.1990-2010? Best, Joey Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush on December 22, 2015, 03:19:37 pm Dear joey,
I did save the picture days ago, because I found it so funny. I don't remember from which site, sorry. Kind regards Giovanni Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: Joey on December 22, 2015, 03:32:13 pm Dear Giovanni,
Not a problem. Best, Joey Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: YT on December 22, 2015, 05:26:44 pm Dear Giovanni,
I knew that you knew... Hahahahaa From the picture with the luck-hk seller name. I used to always looked at his shop in EBay. This bat bottle is still selling for 26.99 now and described as a bat motif and dated post 1940. A buyer must have put this bottle up at a small auction house and change the description to mislead bidders. Cheers, YT Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: Wattana on December 23, 2015, 12:27:28 am I thought it was a squid with red wings.... :(
Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: Fiveroosters aka clayandbrush on December 23, 2015, 02:02:55 am That is an interesting possibilty Tom, I didn't thought that ;D ;D
Dear YT, may be I saw it on ebay indeed, I really don't remember. May be someone informed the seller that it is a bat. Anyway, it happens often here that snuff bottles are described as being perfume bottles. Kind regards Giovanni Title: Re: Lack of specific knowledge Post by: YT on December 23, 2015, 05:54:36 pm Dear Giovanni,
I can wholeheartedly understand your feeling now. The amount of bottles that we looked through in the Internet is tremendous. I don't think I remember 10% of it. The use of the screen shot option in the phone is easy but almost always SS the photo and not the details. Cheers, YT |