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Title: 2 little birds
Post by: greenacres on May 07, 2012, 02:53:56 PM
cloisonne??? Not sure of the date. No markings. What are your thoughts.
Title: Re: 2 little birds
Post by: KevinM on May 07, 2012, 05:19:05 PM
My thoughts are that these birds are about 3 Inches in Length, 2 Inches in Height, weigh about 4 Ounces each and are cloisonne *If* the base metal is brass, the seam between the colored ceramic is brass and possibly where they seam together (The Lid) is a brass seam. It's hard to tell from the photos, for that matter it's hard to tell sometimes if you're holding them and looking at them.

Oh yea, they do make a nice little paper weight or trinket/stash box!
Title: Re: 2 little birds
Post by: greenacres on May 07, 2012, 06:05:25 PM
They are brass. Do you know an approx. value. I'll look on ebay and see what's up there, too.
Title: Re: 2 little birds
Post by: greenacres on May 07, 2012, 06:17:05 PM
Do you think this is accurate?  http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p5197.m570.l1311&_nkw=cloisonne&_sacat=See-All-Categories

Cloisenne seems to be very collectible right now. Everything seems to be bid on. I don't know enough about prices, so I'll have to watch the bidding.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Small-Cloisonne-Trinket-box-/150807414549?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231cd28715
Title: Re: 2 little birds
Post by: KevinM on May 07, 2012, 06:18:39 PM
Just do a search on ebay for "cloisonne bird trinket box" there are a few there. If it's vintage or antique you may get a good price for the pair.
Title: Re: 2 little birds
Post by: KevinM on May 07, 2012, 06:22:00 PM
Narrow your search down and only search the completed items to look for what they sold for.