You are correct that it is not a traditional fetish in the sense of an object invested with spiritual power. This one looks like Zuni work, made...
Perhaps a temple dancer?
Getting my Roscoes muddled. William was the father of Edward, father-in-law of Margaret. She died in 1840. The important date is when Italian...
Are you asking about the date of the monument? William Roscoe died in 1831. It takes some years to get together the design, the permissions, the...
The number 1825 is scratched into the back. Numbers can be dealers' inventory numbers, pawnbrokers' numbers, repair shop numbers... In the big...
There are so many variants & the image is so popular, this is one of the first subjects I put up:...
Artemis/Diana it is. Always a good goddess to have with you.
I have. And I love looking at the jewellery from antiquity. I always think, We've never done it any better.
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My first reaction was some kind of dendritic jasper (agate is translucent) but those places that look like worm holes make me wonder if it's not...
A jeweller/dealer is only going to offer you half or less of what they think they can sell it for.
Great work! That is no doubt the inspiration. The cameo has so many details, have to wonder if there's not another painting out there that is...
No, the cameo & the mount are contemporaneous. What you're noticing is one of the clues to its age & origin. Large, beautiful shell cameos in...
This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius.
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@mirana @PepperAnna @bluumz I need all the guns on this one. What a marvelous piece! I do not know what the source of the image is, if it is...
Hammered brass is my take. But I'm the one who thought it looked like pewter. Nuremberg has been coming up in something I've been trying to...
Thought Toscanini was famous for his conducting, not composing.
Welcome, Judy. The staff of the British Museum are lovely about getting back to you, although it can take several weeks. What did you ask them?...
from the Lupases To the Snelkins?
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