Very nice...Welcome!
Excellent overview, Sabre...thank you!
As an aside; Grant's Memoirs were largely an' ably assisted by Samuel Longhorne Clemens, an' are a thrilling read, especially for those fascinated...
Seems odd that a 5-lobed plate would have a 6-image pattern...to me, anyway. There's a bit of vertigo in the overall impression.
Oh...do you?
Since when is 6.25 Carat tiny??
Nah...just an unfastened strap, methinks. Gotta have a meaning, eh?
Spot ON, Komo!
@komokwa Welcome, Penny!
Life's like that, Komo...an' much of it ends thus.
You are probably right, AJ...the rest of the cufflink doesn't appear to support having guilloche.
Uh-huh...but then why the 1/2" to 3/4" thickness? EDIT: I think more likely it's a frame for a pyro-ceramic or glass window into some sort of...
Henry, you've been around long enough to know how to post full-sized pics...por que no?
Be there remnants of Mica between those frames?
I think I see guilloche under broken clear enamel on the lower one...which doesn't much explain the appearance of the central hex on the other.
It hasn't escaped my notice that in the current political environment we are daily hammered by revelations of scandalous behavior, utterances,...
There is just the slightest suggestion of that in the copy I have (her face is half the size of a US dime)...I can see where you may be on to...
An excellent descriptor!
Thank you, Marote!
Auction, right? Looks like the major stones are twins...to me, anyway. Nice!
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