Just received a new cameo to share and also an earlier purchase I forgot to share. The large one was sold to me as Vulcanite but appears to be two...
It is lovely isn't it? I was really hoping that it would be Meissen, but Dresden is good too. :)
Great, thanks for that Say it Slowly
Interesting, while looking for Tettau I found my mark it's said to be Carl-Johann Gottlob Thieme for Dresden. Will do more research Thanks
Thanks Moreotherstuff, I'll have a look
Hi all, I have just bought this quatrefoil chocolate cup and saucer, which I presume would have had a lid originally. Bought at auction, sight...
Thanks so much AJ ☺
Great thanks, I was hoping that would be the case.
Hi again, I've just found another of these at a charity shop - to my mind better quality than the ones I posted above, also has mother of pearl...
Thanks Lucille.b - yes I agree, I thought that it was something overpainted, but it doesn't have dots like a print normally does, so I thought...
Thanks Komokwa and can I just say I love your owl?!
Oops - I see now it's J Henner that is in the signature on St Fabiola - but that's the artist who painted the original so it's "after" J Henner.
Hi Bosko69 - already done - I accidentally hit post while I was still uploading. Sorry I can't take them out as they are done in such a way that...
Hi all I've recently bought these portrait miniatures at auction. I believe they are all hand painted one on velum (or something similar), one on...
Wow, these are beautiful!
LoL I have so much "junk" (as my husband calls it) I have it in boxes (of the cardboard variety) in the spare room - which I can almost not get...
Thanks - I will give this a try as both are quite dirty
Thank you PepperAnna
Thanks AJ, yes it is lovely and the clasp does seem to work well, stays closed as it should.
When I first saw this I thought it was far to big to be an earring - 3cm by 2cm but then I tried it and thought actually it could be!
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