They're both the same mineral: translucent microcrystalline quartz, chalcedony. Agates are types of formations, not a type of mineral; carnelian...
Reserve may have been unreasonably high. I don't know what they started it at.
Maybe spart can start wearing work gloves as a fashion statement.
As posted earlier, auctioneer stayed with hardstone. Cameo hammered for 700 GBP, so probably cost buyer around 1000 GBP when the dust settled....
[ATTACH] There, that's better. She is genuinely carved shell & not the resin piece I was expecting from the thumbnails. I'd say a late...
"Resin' is a catchall term. It definitely applies to these pieces. Not sure how the presence of tiny threads would prove otherwise. If...
Interesting, but not really consistent with any particular figures or story from classical mythology. They are playing lyres, sort of a...
Think the 3 little holes on the bottom are where it sat on a tripod over a mirror. The piece on the bottom, which looks like it could be from a...
Is the top flat or convex? From the 1 blurry photo, it looks a bit like banded agate that has been prepared to be what is called nicolo. A thin...
Can't see an artist working ivory leaving the eyes like that.
I concur.
This one is quite convoluted, but John Keats is mixed up in it.
#4 is ivory, but how did he get into this thread? A hot needle test is not necessary. An ivory piece of any size will reveal itself somewhere...
Perhaps not your cup of tea, but have you read Dan Simmons' novel Hyperion? Bet a Keats fan would get more out of it than the uninitiated do.
I'm starting to lean more toward ivory for #2. Some additional clear pix for this one would be helpful.
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