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ansoria

Greensburg, PA, USA

I am the daughter of Augusto R. Potier. I had to have a tag sale when I sold my house. I am delighted that my heirlooms showed up on this site.

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  1. I used to love playing with the napkin rings as a child. Later, my mother Alma used them every day at dinnertime. When she passed away, I inherited them, I did the same. By the way, I'm the one who ...
  2. How do I post some lovely miniatures painted by my mother Alma after she became really proficient? Is there a form to fill out? There are also two miniatures I want to sell. Thank you for any inform...
  3. I take back what I said in previous comment. If it painted in Brussels, the ladies might have been models or friends of her aunt with whom she was staying while studying at the Academie des Beaux Arts
  4. The portrait of the lady said to be Alma is NOT her. My mother was much prettier than that. These were a series of paintings she did for friends or members of the consular service in the then known ...
  5. The "paddle" might be to stir the sugar in a liquid in a tall glass. The beautiful carpet could be Persian or Arabian. It looks as if it is a prayer carpet, the top would have been pointed toward Me...
  6. Vintagelamp, Alma was my mother, and I'm the one who insisted on giving him the info, as I knew things sell better when their background is included. That's an early painting of her and you can see th...
  7. The napkin rings were my favorites too. There were more than the ones shown here. They were always used in the family dinners, and I loved polishing them. They were not used at diplomatic dinners, for...
  8. Indeed, my grandfather Oscar was Oscar Gorge Potier, because his British grandmother' family name was George. But my father's middle name was never George. The family called him jorginho as a joke, so...

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Alma Dato Montero Small Painting By Miniaturist 1929 Chinese Silver Napkin Ring Augusto Rato Potier