Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-02 Thread ann sanfedele
stay tuned guys, I'm getting sent a couple more photos...  Chris's original plan was to sell it, so the more we know about it the better, but she confessed to me just now she will probably keep it  so it is mainly a question of just liking to know rather than needing to know.. ann On 2/2/20

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-02 Thread lrc
I kind of thought Indonesia myself On February 2, 2018 12:13:36 AM PST, ann sanfedele wrote: >Ok mike - but you guys so often pull my leg on these things and I have >watched NCIS and GIbbs doing >woodwork (though not a long time follower) > >Well my friend didn't post all the photos she has... 

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-02 Thread John
It's more primitive than the "Gibbs" woodwork featured on NCIS. It's third world sweatshop work; churned out fast and cheap by the dozens. On 2/2/2018 03:13, ann sanfedele wrote: Ok mike - but you guys so often pull my leg on these things and I have watched NCIS and GIbbs doing woodwork (though

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-02 Thread Bulent Celasun
All I can say is that it is almost certainly not of Turkish or Persian or, Russian origin. To my eyes, it looks "tropical". I would favor a South American origin first. Of course, "tropical" belt is far larger than that... Please inform us if you happen to reach a conclusion later on. Bulent ---

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-02 Thread ann sanfedele
Ok mike - but you guys so often pull my leg on these things and I have watched NCIS and GIbbs doing woodwork (though not a long time follower) Well my friend didn't post all the photos she has...  need to see underside and top and hinges.. she was just hoping from the design it would strike a c

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread mike wilson
It's a real, albeit somewhat facetious answer. There's nothing really distinctive in the style, colour or construction. It could be copied pretty much anywhere in the world. It does look to be handmade, so you could take your pick of places from Azerbaijan to Zambia. Unless there's a maker's ma

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread John
I'd guess Pier One Imports (or the like), which means anywhere from Africa to China. On 2/1/2018 15:41, ann sanfedele wrote: Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to id where it may have been made.. (ie country of origin) https://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Stuff-to-show-PDML-for-v

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
P.s.  Don't think it is Central American... if it were, my friend would have surely known that.. On 2/1/2018 11:20 PM, Gonz wrote: Mexican is a possibility too, though I don't recall seeing such elaborate carvings in chests in all my visits there. Seeing the hinges and clasp would help I agre

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
my friend Chris is supposed to post a photo of the hinges and the top tomorrow thanks for your input guys ann On 2/1/2018 11:20 PM, Gonz wrote: Mexican is a possibility too, though I don't recall seeing such elaborate carvings in chests in all my visits there. Seeing the hinges and clasp wou

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread Gonz
Mexican is a possibility too, though I don't recall seeing such elaborate carvings in chests in all my visits there. Seeing the hinges and clasp would help I agree. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 10:13 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > Looks quite Mexican to me. Could also be Panama or Ecuador. > Also, I think

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread Stan Halpin
Looks quite Mexican to me. Could also be Panama or Ecuador. Also, I think it is quite contemporary. Need a close view of the hinges and any other hardware... Sent from my iPad > On Feb 1, 2018, at 11:01 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Thanks Gonz I'll try some more google with that in mind > >

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
Thanks Gonz I'll try some more google with that in mind ann On 2/1/2018 9:21 PM, Gonz wrote: I would venture the Caribbean, like PR or DR/Haiti. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:48 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: watch NCIS do you? I need a real answer here -- geez ann On 2/1/2018 5:13 PM, mike wilson

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread Gonz
I would venture the Caribbean, like PR or DR/Haiti. On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 4:48 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > watch NCIS do you? > > I need a real answer here -- geez > > ann > > > On 2/1/2018 5:13 PM, mike wilson wrote: >> >> Looks like the work of a Mr L.J.Gibbs. American basement style. >> >>> O

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread ann sanfedele
watch NCIS do you? I need a real answer here -- geez ann On 2/1/2018 5:13 PM, mike wilson wrote: Looks like the work of a Mr L.J.Gibbs. American basement style. On 01 February 2018 at 20:41 ann sanfedele wrote: Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to id where it may have

Re: Ot Peso - can you guys help with this?

2018-02-01 Thread mike wilson
Looks like the work of a Mr L.J.Gibbs. American basement style. > On 01 February 2018 at 20:41 ann sanfedele wrote: > > > Friend acquired this chest from the street... trying to id where it may > have been made.. (ie country of origin) > > https://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Stuff-to-show-PDML-