Reminds me of an A the way Albrecht Durer made it: [ATTACH]
If you do a search for 'beaded sautoir' you will see others with the same general construction & geometric, art deco designs. A difference is...
And, if you ever wondered what kind of cameos Mary Tyler Moore would have:...
One of the stranger cameo offerings I have seen. New with tags, but showing signs of wear:...
The current regime has certainly put some impediments in the way of those of us in the US who would plunder the treasures of Europe. The dollar...
Thanks, both of you. Always grateful for eye training on things like this. I actually prefer turquoise that is more green than blue, with...
The second word struck me as 'Regis' & now I can't see it any other way. :cyclops:
A book plate is also the thing you stick/paste into the front of a book to indicate it belongs to you/came from your library: Ex Libris Your Name...
Oooh. Thanks for sharing all these pretties. Think your little green flower would be a forget-me-not. A couple of my Hours cameos, although...
I'll put it in the Show & Tell thread, if I ever get it. The single auction house photo is not the best of the cameo itself, focused more on the...
No, think the auction was over by the time I saw the listing, but I like him too. The collar reminds me of portraits of Byron, so wondering if...
Turquoise, definitely. Undyed, almost surely. Stabilized, quite likely. But what about them says Chinese to you guys? I don't know that...
I can see how it could be. Not a name I recognize, unless the first name is Kosta. Shell engravers are so maddeningly meagerly recorded....
I just added this guy to my Pinterest board with portraits of gents: [ATTACH] Any ideas on the reverse? [ATTACH]
For an array of cameo examples of this goddess: https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/ceres-demeter
The evil of these days is more than sufficient, methinks.
Wouldn't be a proper maenad/bacchante without them.
Maybe it's supposed to be Sancho Panza & his beloved (donkey)?
A Picasso take on a bacchanalian scene: maenad; goats, centaur; flute playing.
This sort of thing can have research value as primary sources for scholars, but seems unlikely you could realize any monetary value that would...
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