[ATTACH] Except for the first letter, which could be S, it looks a lot like Schmoll, the 'Silz' variant: [ATTACH] It's difficult to sort out...
Can only confirm that the key indicates St. Peter. He looks like he got very weathered before being protected.
Hi, Simona. Warm & happy holidays to you. Definitely a Zeus, although sort of a minimalist one. Typically he would have a wreath of oak or...
Tooth? The pendant is in the style of tiger claw jewellery, but many are carved to that shape in other materials. Are you telling us that this...
Why settle for "a bit"?
You need that to wear with your red fox wrap that has the head that holds on to the tail with a clip in its mouth.
I'm not either, and only post it here when it checks out with other available sources, from which it has usually cribbed, or is laughably wrong,...
My mother had a whole pressed glass bowl of orphan stoppers she had just because they were pretty. Most were of the solid faceted type like the...
So I saw. I can definitively say it is not bone.
Crocodile, I think. A search for "how to tell crocodile from alligator leather" turned up assorted videos, as well as AI summary: Crocodile...
Bring 'em on. I'm doing spectacularly well at finding ways to avoid writing cards.
I don't think that box chain came with the pendant.
Ah, but are you generous enough to prove mine. ;)
Thought I didn't have anything made of bone, but poked around & found a few items. They absorb the UV too, so on that score can't differentiate...
APCCC, could you show us the entire ring in a full size photo?
It's a bit blobby, but think that is a 21K mark. [ATTACH] Compare with numbers on keypad: [ATTACH]
I always love an excuse to run a UV flashlight around my darkened display cabinet, where there are objects made of elephant & walrus ivory, antler...
The delicate background painting on these looks more like that on plates sellers are representing as French than on plates identified as Italian.
My guess is that is not the original stopper, but think you're right about its being a cologne bottle for a vanity top.
I'm also seeing bone, without taking into account any black spots. Looks to me like a beautifully crafted piece of work. Not sure tagua nut...
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