Good eye. I didn't notice. It's possible, maybe even plausible, that the numerals are for the year. @Heidi Rolstad Did anything of significance...
If it came as part of this little collection, which seems to have been put together by someone who recognized ivory when they saw it, there's a...
Welcome, Heidi. It's a lovely cameo, cut in helmet shell. The hinge & clasp place it to the 1920s, I would think. Is the frame white gold with...
All look like ivory to me, with the exception of the rose. The texture of the back throws me off. But the world is full of little ivory roses,...
Pewabic is correct. If I recall correctly: puh-WAH-bick.
Don't be gouache. :playful:
Could it possibly be Curtis?
The kind of thing you found at crafts shows in the 80s. Lots of glass work then.
They remind me of the shades for these: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=laurel+lamp+mushroom Bet they look great when lit.
How do you figure this?
I'm with Roaring, sugar/sweetener packets. Seems oversized for toothpicks.
Poole?
Gilded bronze is my best shot. That verdigris oxidation could also indicate brass, but the color of this seems too deeply brown for brass, to my eye.
I didn't really try to assess them in detail. Only noted that both pieces have some repetition of glyphs between the first & third registers....
The ruler shown in pix is marked in cm. By my count it is about 10 cm long, which is just about 4 inches. The other is similar in color & in...
This is similar to yours: https://www.ebay.com/itm/275215322281
Sigh.
Sounds like picker heaven, although these days with the internet in everyone's pocket, not so easy to get a real score. Asking prices for cameos...
It could be basalt, which often has olivine inclusions. The inscription is a more involved one than is usual on current day tourist items. May...
It also allows for mass production. A master engraver makes the original, which can then be copied ad infinitum. All the ones you have shown us...
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