But let's not start a war over it.
See auctioneers have it as Saint with Halo. I was thinking that if there is a second face there, partly obscured by the main subject, it looks to...
Here's what I think is a portrait he did in the same format:...
William Couper is new to me: https://www.hirschlandadler.com/galleries/william-couper
I tried to see what I could find in the one Wedgwood book I have (Herman, Shape Book & Collectors' Guide) but did not see this exact shape with...
Eye candy: http://wb.britishmuseum.org/
Bay of Naples with Vesuvius in the background. Not sure who the duo are; not sure cutter was either. Best guess Athena in foreground with...
They're both the same mineral: translucent microcrystalline quartz, chalcedony. Agates are types of formations, not a type of mineral; carnelian...
Reserve may have been unreasonably high. I don't know what they started it at.
Maybe spart can start wearing work gloves as a fashion statement.
As posted earlier, auctioneer stayed with hardstone. Cameo hammered for 700 GBP, so probably cost buyer around 1000 GBP when the dust settled....
[ATTACH] There, that's better. She is genuinely carved shell & not the resin piece I was expecting from the thumbnails. I'd say a late...
"Resin' is a catchall term. It definitely applies to these pieces. Not sure how the presence of tiny threads would prove otherwise. If...
Interesting, but not really consistent with any particular figures or story from classical mythology. They are playing lyres, sort of a...
Think the 3 little holes on the bottom are where it sat on a tripod over a mirror. The piece on the bottom, which looks like it could be from a...
Is the top flat or convex? From the 1 blurry photo, it looks a bit like banded agate that has been prepared to be what is called nicolo. A thin...
Can't see an artist working ivory leaving the eyes like that.
I concur.
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