fredag 12 mars 2010

Mera vaser.


Skickade det här fotot till några samlarkollegor i USA, och vilket svar man får direkt, fantasiskt, det är det här samlande handlar om:

Hmm. That boxwood piece, I believe was turned in Germany by either a man named Gustav Vierlinger or Carl Baudenbacher, and, I believe, bought by / supplied to Augustavus Roterberg in Chicago, Illinois. Roterberg was born in Hamburg, Germany in 1867 and operated his shops as A. Roterberg at 151 West Ontario St. and at 145 Illinois St. in Chicago.