@Bronwen - If this were Psyche, I'd agree that the object was a laptop computer; it's well-known that Cupid often cursed her addiction to Skyrim,...
@Debora - No disrespect intended, but neither of these is a First American Edition. @komokwa - Yours is, indeed, the First American, and is...
Not all traditional depictions show Cupid winged. E.g. - from the Vic and Al:...
Not to sound too much like Cream's "White Room," but Wow. Wow. @hamptonauction - These are clearly old and far from perfect. Why don't you...
@Marko - She's usually simply described as "the Sea-Nymph." The original title of the Pierre Dupuis sketches and painting is "La Vague" - "The...
@RJR - it reads: "Royal Elfleda | Elegant Rose | Designed by Hilton L. L. © | Fine Porcelain" .
@i need help - The reversed heart motif isn't all that uncommon on Windsors in any event....
@Marko - I'm seeing James II being held by Charles I, his Father, perhaps commemorating the 300th anniversary of James' birth in 1633. James II...
@SBSVC - Crete has been - and continues today to be - an important producer of Greek Icons in many styles. A close inspection (a 30x loupe and...
Now, now - it's clear from his posture that Cupid has just scratched himself with his doped arrow, dropped the arrow and bow and squealed,...
@Iouri - Probably not. Tholen typically signed with his first initial and surname: [IMG]
@SBSVC - You're entirely welcome, of course. Not much help, I'm afraid. .
The icon is Jesus as Salvator Mundi, and the inscription is among the most common of Greek Christograms - IC XC - i.e. the first and final letters...
@Any Jewelry - Yes, yes... and Donald Tusk probably never read Orwell or Huxley either, but... oh, never mind. ;) .
@Barn Owl - In part measure at least, it certainly does bear a striking [no pun intended] resemblance to an antique rodent guillotine, doesn't it?...
What was it that Spinoza said about modesty being the most compelling of the earthly virtues? .
Ahhh... something in silver instead then. A nice sixteenth century Dutch silversmith's binding then? [ATTACH]
@Any Jewelry - Of course it will! [ATTACH]
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@silverthwait - Ow! I still remember the Chopin repartee more than five years ago with you and that d*mned squirrel!...
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