A mysterious Transylvanian sword : a Sino-Japanese influence possible ?

tom hyle · 30th April 2005, 05:10 PM

Yes, Tim; that's probably the best known European folk art flower pottery of this sort, at least in N America. You seem to have posted while I was in a long mid-edit smoke and cartoon break

I once had the coolest bee broken off of a pot that a river gave to me; I definitely agree to the resemblance, and the merchantile connection seems perhaps meaningful too; thanks. What I'm unsure of is if the style is definitely Dutch, or if that's only its usual N American attribution. Similar work seems more widespread to me. The hilt seems to be assembled somwhat jewelry style; are these layers, or essentially large beads of clay? Or is some other surface painted to look like pottery? Questions for the ether............

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30th April 2005, 05:10 PM	#8
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Yes, Tim; that's probably the best known European folk art flower pottery of this sort, at least in N America. You seem to have posted while I was in a long mid-edit smoke and cartoon break I once had the coolest bee broken off of a pot that a river gave to me; I definitely agree to the resemblance, and the merchantile connection seems perhaps meaningful too; thanks. What I'm unsure of is if the style is definitely Dutch, or if that's only its usual N American attribution. Similar work seems more widespread to me. The hilt seems to be assembled somwhat jewelry style; are these layers, or essentially large beads of clay? Or is some other surface painted to look like pottery? Questions for the ether............