Think it could be considered Parian ware.
There are even a ton of cameos of Pius IX. [ATTACH]
The photo of the back popped up first on my screen & I was going to guess Kokopelli, but from front looks more like an Indian temple figure. @Any...
The item in the first pic reminds me of micromosaic lute brooches you find as souvenirs of Italy.
Blue john, a kind of agate, would be my guess, but we have some real fans who may have a different opinion.
I would go with the 'blackamoor' description. Are they candle holders? They remind me of the torch bearing figures that were popular newel post...
I have had some truly eerie encounters with a python at the zoo that made me wonder about myself. I'd probably be in Ravenclaw with Luna.
An interesting tie in from the Wiki article on Alexandra: Occasionally, Hans Christian Andersen was invited to call [at Alexandra's childhood...
I think this would be Alexandra, the Queen Mother. So from between Edward's death in 1910 & her own in 1925.
Cool... a new word & a new image that interconnects Medieval romance, the Bible & freemasonry. My kind of of thing. I really like the figure on...
After the tenant next door died, the apartment was left unlocked with anything the family did not take still inside. I helped myself to a...
Hammered for 110 GBP, so a little competition. About 145 USD at today's exchange rate + fee, close to 200 USD.
Posting this specially for @Any Jewelry . First time I've seen a keris on an engraved gem: [ATTACH]...
I would consider her more of an Arethusa/nymph type than Roman woman. These & ones I think of as Ariadne types were a subject he came back to...
It never rains but......
Same as AJ. Appearance in pix says plated, but Frank says 10k...
I misread photos all the time. Couldn't decide what I was seeing, but do see what could be a small cab, deep in skull's right eye socket.
On second look, does it still have a faceted blue stone in one eye socket? The color I think I'm seeing looks a lot like blue topaz. However,...
Little rubies may well be what they were. Lab grown red corundum, i.e., ruby, was already being produced & used for watch bearings.
At the moment the Schmoll only has 1 watcher - me. I'm not bidding & they haven't pointed out it's signed, much less by whom, so could be any...
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