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Title: African ornament?
Post by: Buddie11 on December 09, 2012, 06:16:34 PM

Bought this from local thrift store for 1dollar, I think it is ceramic but not positive. It is signed on bottom as you will see in pics.

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: bigwull on December 09, 2012, 06:22:43 PM

does,nt look like ceramic,looks more like a type of ironstone....

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: Buddie11 on December 09, 2012, 06:35:34 PM

Possibly , to be honest not sure what ironstone is. Is that good?

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: bigwull on December 09, 2012, 06:52:02 PM

well for a start its natural..and not man made...but just in case its something else..like maybe resin..do a hot pin test  to determine if its solid..

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: Buddie11 on December 09, 2012, 07:29:25 PM

It's solid,would be kiln fired,correct. Did the hot pin test.so what do you think?

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: mart on December 09, 2012, 08:26:48 PM

What does the bottom say,, can`t read it all !!

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: Buddie11 on December 09, 2012, 08:37:01 PM

Nikola as far as I can tell. Kind of hard to make out

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: mart on December 09, 2012, 08:50:35 PM

Is it pretty heavy for its size ??  When I enlarged it,,it appeared to be a simple clay pottery piece and looks hand made !!  One place has a chip that looks like it was coated with something !! Almost metal like !!   

Title: Re: African ornament?
Post by: Buddie11 on December 09, 2012, 09:24:29 PM

It is fairly heavy. Do you think bigwull is correct in being ironstone? Did I do ok for 1 dollar investment?