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Title: Help Request
Post by: tallguybry on July 28, 2012, 01:24:15 PM

Hey Everyone,

First time poster here (well, actually 2nd, as I posted on the wrong section....). I picked this piece up at an antique barn this morning for $10.

- Does anyone know what it is?
- Does anyone recognize the marks on the bottom?
- Bronze maybe?

Thanks!
TGB

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: mart on July 28, 2012, 02:56:07 PM

The green verdigris would suggest brass !! Brass is an mixture of copper and zinc in varying amounts and turns that color with a bit of age and exposure !!  From Italy so its likely just an import piece !!  Don`t recognize the symbol !!

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: tallguybry on July 28, 2012, 02:58:18 PM

Is the fact that it's brass a good thing?

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: ghopper1924 on July 28, 2012, 05:41:34 PM

Agree on the verdigris, but the bottom looks like it's been painted an aqua color. That, in combination with the shape of the handles, suggests 1930s-1940s moderne/deco.

And yes, brass is a good thing.

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: tallguybry on July 28, 2012, 09:55:34 PM

Very cool. Thanks for the feedback. Now to figure out who the maker is....

TGB

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: tallguybry on July 29, 2012, 06:48:21 AM

Do you guys think it's a candy dish?

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: ghopper1924 on July 29, 2012, 08:08:53 AM

Seems too big for that...

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: mart on July 29, 2012, 08:34:39 AM

Shape seems to suggest a holder for dried or otherwise artificial flowers !!

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: bbc-antiques.co.uk on July 31, 2012, 11:05:11 AM

Quote from: mart on July 28, 2012, 02:56:07 PM

The green verdigris would suggest brass !! Brass is an mixture of copper and zinc in varying amounts and turns that color with a bit of age and exposure !!  From Italy so its likely just an import piece !!  Don`t recognize the symbol !!

try pyx from Greece tourist piece worth £10-20 great ancient shape ! http://www.bbc-antiques.co.uk

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: ghopper1924 on July 31, 2012, 11:09:50 AM

Greece? That's Italy written on the bottom.

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: KC on July 31, 2012, 12:45:58 PM

LOLOL ghopper1924....we all do that sometime!

Appears to be a planter base to me.

Title: Re: Help Request
Post by: mart on July 31, 2012, 12:51:42 PM

Maybe they meant the shape was Greek inspired !!  Hard to say the item is from Greece since it states on the bottom "Italy" !! I know they are close but there are import, export regs !!