I thought the stones in the jewels were black pearls, some suspended so they could swing. The crimson garment draped around her made me think she...
It looks like Latin to me.
I keep hearing "My Sharona" in place of the thread title.
Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling....Went to bed with her stockings on/One shoe off & one shoe on.. What happened to their right shoes?
Tea, in all its variety?
I would be inclined to call this a chalice rather than a goblet. However, a quick search using that term was not fruitful. I like AJ's idea of...
Yeah, person may have typed 'Musterd'.
The mineral is red, & lacquer tinted using it is red. I just don't know any other good way to describe the appearance of your piece. I see there...
I do not recognize it as anything from classical mythology. Roaring's suggestion, which looks like a Medieval source, is probably as close as...
Sort of looks & sounds like green cinnabar, if they make such a thing.
I had one of those Florentine boxes, back when. This is such a tangled subject for me, it's difficult to get my thoughts ordered. It seems to...
The McTear's listing (second link) describes as Clorinda the seated, armored figure, not the one like yours. The one like yours they describe as...
I just watched it again & he says 'are being made', as if he believed they were still being made, 'England and elsewhere'. Wonder where...
I have no idea where their info came from unless it's conjecture based on when & where they could find previous auction house listings. Probably...
Does she have a dagger in her hand, or is that just a fold of her mantle? The Greek Muse of Tragedy, Melpomene, is often shown with a dagger....
Me too. Antiques Roadshow thinks it has an idea. The link in this post: Gatierre, Danbiere & Other Mysteries
Does the One Ring whisper to you at night?
I'm still pondering this. I do not have tortoise in my cameo collection. I did once have some tortoise hair combs around. And this summer had...
Where did you find it? Oh, you don't mean that kind of where, do you? Itinerant preacher or Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show?
I think the good solid silver mounts so many of them have are a large part of what sells them as something special. But the fact that the mount...
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