This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...landscape watercolour painter, born 17S9. Two of his water-colours are in the Kensington Museum, but his oils are not well known. T. VY. (Leeds).--The Messina water-colour studies and the Neapolitan body colours were produced as a regular industry. The value depends upon finding a purchaser. F. Z. (Jersey).- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...landscape watercolour painter, born 17S9. Two of his water-colours are in the Kensington Museum, but his oils are not well known. T. VY. (Leeds).--The Messina water-colour studies and the Neapolitan body colours were produced as a regular industry. The value depends upon finding a purchaser. F. Z. (Jersey).--Difficult to give an opinion on paintings from photos; why not send them? E. S. I). (Kilburn).--You will find a list of firms who value antiques in our advertisement columns. S. F. (Shrewsbury).--We can advise you where to get the Stuart needlework repaired. A. G. N. (Reading).--Your painting is not worth the cost of restoration. A. C. (Newcaslle-on-Tyne).--The teapot is probably oriental, and the arms added since. Try the Heralds College. W. B. B. (Woking).--Your jar is Derby, the others recent Berbn manufacture, and not of much value. Old Berlin is very valuable. W. U. (Stockton-on-Tees).-Delignon, a French engraver, died 1804. De Launay died 1814, and engraved several well known pictures. This is not one of them, and they are only of value in p. oof state. L. c.'. B. (Weston-super-Mare).--Your plate is probably Bristol, but of no special value. The Fox and Hare Hunting., Bi caking into Cirver, and In Full Chase are valuable if condition and state are good. The dinner-service is evidently oriental; they used many apparently European marks. Must be seen like the prints for definite opinion. jcrminj G. D. B. (Loughborough).--The date of your Simkui is 1675. Its market value, at about 2 10s. per ounce, is probably about 5. SMIVILLK (Darwen).--As far as we can distinguish frorh the rubbings, your pewter plates date from the end of the seventeenth to the beginning of the eighteenth century. They should be worth, the small plates from...
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