Some time ago I showed this piece in the Big Thread o' Cameos: CAMEOS: Show & Tell or Ask & Answer
Great seal of the US, obverse & reverse: [ATTACH]
Isn't the departing Old Year usually depicted like that? This is Time: [ATTACH]
And hands & ells & hectares. Much more fun than pedantic metric.
I tried the obvious thing & found that Google Lens is completely stymied by the photos. Guess AI still has a lot to learn.
Same seller. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4299722220/ [IMG]
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1865199498/ [IMG] $24.07+ Cost to ship: $362.86 (to New York from Italy)
I got a bit addled on measurements. This one falls right in the range of a typical amphoriskos, used for oils, ointments, medicines.
I see 4 fingers & a thumb on the front hand in the fede symbol. There is a space between the forefinger & middle finger that kind of reads as...
Think a dance card would have hung from the wrist. What material are the 2 leaves that are not parts of the cover made of? I don't know much...
Large for an amphoriskos. What type of material is under there? Pottery? Metal? Glass? Do the shells with it in the box of sand look like they...
Maybe it's a camelo.
There are a couple of ship's wheel-shaped objects on the bottom shelf. I would be curious to know what they are.
Dreck. Well, no, not exactly. Passable, no earlier than the 1950s, just nothing special. If you knew you could flip for a profit, sure. If it...
Or the fan. :rolleyes: Spewing from Mt. Goodyear.
Cameus dromedarius. I find it a bit creepy that it appears to be made of what is probably camel bone, like the camel is happy about that. I...
cameo vintage antique jewelry brooch [IMG]
[ATTACH] Yeah, her. Again. Antique Vulcanite High Relief Carved Cameo US $400.00 Era Victorian (1837-1901) My favorite bit: "Carved from...
I agree. The modeling of sunday's is really fine. Maybe I just don't know enough about wine culture, but I find this one bizarre: [IMG] What...
Interesting that the figures on the Worthpoint one appear to have closed mouths while yours have parted lips. I like yours better. They should...
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