tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post7984870219774774688..comments2024-03-28T00:24:13.763-07:00Comments on Southern Folk Artist & Antiques Dealer/Collector: Today's purchasesandrew1860http://www.blogger.com/profile/09302166776668727094noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-12416364530061015852011-02-13T19:36:40.189-08:002011-02-13T19:36:40.189-08:00Hello Andrew. I’ve begun following your blog since...Hello Andrew. I’ve begun following your blog since today, getting the link at my yahoo group, and as I think, you are the person who can help my recent searching. At present, on the Net, I try to find a photo or description or mention of one old mechanical toy/automation, 18th or 19th century, in shape of a big framed picture on a wall. Everyone knows what the wondrous devices look like, 18th or 19th century or earlier and more ancient, but I am searching for something line the one which I saw with my own eyes in the 1960s French movie, which I saw when I was aged six (the title and link I can give), and then I saw anything of the kind never again (neither on TV, nor in another movie, nor in a magazine nor on the Net) which is strange, because the curio was amazingly nice. Perhaps it was a sort of a musical box, only made in shape of a framed canvas. In the picture we could see a young piano-player and his listeners and home pets around. When the mechanism is on, all the flat figures in the picture begin moving and the sweet music begin to sound: the piano-player begins moving his hands, the listeners move their heads rhythmically and the dog moves its little tail. A moving picture, yet not a movie or animation, but an old mechanical picture/toy. And I don’t know right English words which I should use searching for the curio. According to my latest search, it may be called “antique musical picture frame” and can be found in a museum only, but I am not sure and still can’t find an image or even a mention. My question on Yahoo Answers was without result. It’s so interesting to know your thoughts about it.revueblanchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13990109514299314928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-8186295963522418202011-02-06T12:28:17.416-08:002011-02-06T12:28:17.416-08:00Hi Richard you have found a lot of good stuff some...Hi Richard you have found a lot of good stuff somewhere as your home is full of treasures! lostpastremembered do you know what the shell shape dishes were used for? They seam to be for food. But I can't think of anything you could use them for without turning them green.andrew1860https://www.blogger.com/profile/09302166776668727094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-6424838695927016642011-02-06T05:28:00.643-08:002011-02-06T05:28:00.643-08:00Well, that punchbowl is in my mother's pattern...Well, that punchbowl is in my mother's pattern (now I have it) and I do love it. I really wish we were neighbors so I could use your amazing buys for my shoots... endless fun. I think your shells are amazing... wish I could use them for a scallop dish but they would turn everything green!!!Deana Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14908407077861396161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-71946118414664429242011-02-04T14:07:07.695-08:002011-02-04T14:07:07.695-08:00I wish we had an estate sale around here like that...I wish we had an estate sale around here like that. All you can find in this town is avon bottles and beer cans. Help!Richard Cottrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13055636542951753310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-85583294356548264702011-02-04T12:28:37.587-08:002011-02-04T12:28:37.587-08:00Hi Andrea thanks! No I did not buy the desk but I ...Hi Andrea thanks! No I did not buy the desk but I was thinking about it before I saw the condition it was in. As I could see a price tag of $2,500 for a Decorators piece like this at a high end Antique show.andrew1860https://www.blogger.com/profile/09302166776668727094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2517604320453054140.post-69093896763793457412011-02-04T12:16:07.909-08:002011-02-04T12:16:07.909-08:00You did extraordinarily well! Did you buy the des...You did extraordinarily well! Did you buy the desk?Divine Theatrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02553420826262806110noreply@blogger.com