Just saw this:...
* Can you provide a link to the source of this image? There is something else I would like to know about it that relates to your gem.
Think the eagle is often depicted with its wings slightly opened, so this may be what suggests a shield. [ATTACH] In this one*: [ATTACH] I...
https://www.theteacupattic.com/what-is-a-demitasse-cup-a-closer-look-at-these-little-gems/ Are Demitasse Cups Miniatures? There is a certain...
I have the book too, but no one has transferred the info from the text to the illustrations, so you have to keep looking back & forth. Book seems...
Those are definitely more than a cut above typical royal schlock. Think the little cup was just added in as another example of colorless glass...
I think it's delightful. If it's very lightweight could well be a Celluloid-type material. Not sure it adds any value to be able to put an exact...
When you think of how many times he must have signed things, how rapidly he was probably doing it during tours, etc., I see no reason to think...
Is it a miniature or is it a demitasse cup? You don't give size. Probably not of huge value, but there are collectors for everything, including...
Looking at Tassie impressions with Ganymede as the subject, I realized that Tassie really did not much produce impressions of gems on which the...
Oops galore.
Expect assorted blasts from the past as I winnow down contents of a neglected inbox. An odd threesome from the same auctioneer, Hannam's....
Cool. Very interesting. Wonder whether hoop rolling meant then what it would mean now, that the boy is still quite young.
You can't; only a mod can. But there's really no reason not to just leave it until you can add pix. I think one thing that can cause problems...
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Over the years have now & then traded unwanted gold items to my jeweller, who is licensed to buy gold, in exchange for repair work or for...
[ATTACH] It has more what I call "mythologic" if the standing figure is Ganymede, and I now think, comparing the 2 heads, that what gives the...
And another Neri flying under the radar:...
A Saulini cameo is coming up for auction, for anyone interested. Auctioneer has not noted signature in description but "Saulini F" clearly...
I'm very curious about how the Romans went about capturing lions (or maybe they began to breed them in captivity?), maintaining them in fighting...
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