Here we go: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/benedetto-boschetti-1820-1879-after-the-antique-a-734-c-7bf44a88c2 [ATTACH] The hammer cost...
Did we get this pair yet?...
I'm for nymph too. The fact that her backside is fully modeled in relief, that she is not just repousse concave, makes me think this is one of...
'Rape' in the sense of carrying off, abducting [as in 'rapture' & 'raptor'] although no doubt the other kind of violation occurred as well....
The central image is the well known amorini celebrating the rape of Proserpina.
The scallop shape of old guy & the straw sun hat on young guy suggest Christian religious pilgrims, palmers.
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You might want to give measurements of various compartments. The stock phrase is 'condition commensurate with age & use', but you are right to...
Ah, if you found another one this one might be unmistakable, but it would no longer be unique. ;) [When you have nothing useful to contribute,...
She's mid-50s - mid-60s, very standard type. The C clasp just means less costly construction. Pretty, delicate frame. I think you would be...
There may have been a complementary pendant that could be added to dress the piece up for evening wear or removed for something suitable for daytime.
Yeah? I don't know, that sounds kinda fishy.
OK, I can go with that.
Much better than the hatchet face (I call them that because they look like they're cut with a hatchet) but, which way is she facing?
Lots & lots & lots...
Dareful. I recall hearing back then that these had lead in the glaze. Stopped using one for the cats' water bowl just in case.
I read the mark as C&R, which does not quite fit unless Hettel used his first name.
Join in, join in! It's fine if you would prefer to start your own thread, but you're not intruding in the least here. The idea of the thread is...
Don't you just love auto correct?
I was, then realized you were not asking about symbolism, and had easy access to the same Chi Omega Sorority info that I found, so would have been...
Separate names with a comma.
