Just for the record, we have Claire's in the US too. I only pass by, but from what I can see in the window, it's a little girl's heaven.
Looks like you need to know the back stamp to determine if it really is the rarest.
Think maybe the points that are awarded so freely to new members who become active but that topped out at 113 for most of us. Welcome, hunt2....
It's a King George VI coin, so that tells you the oldest it could be.
Merci, madame. :)
I have nothing at all against glass cameos. Some are quite beautiful. These may actually be what James Tassie called 'enamel', a very hard white...
For starters. :D
Tease. You don't let on you bought the lot until you say you had to clean him up. There's definitely a look to Saulini pieces. I bought the one...
I need one of these.
The green one is so much nicer than the blue examples shown. Clearly a woman playing a lyre, so probably a Muse, Terpsichore or Erato.
IM Translator did that for me too. Maybe we're dealing with an AI sense of humor.
The funny thing is, Diana is the virgin goddess, protector of maidens, sort of a proto-feminist. The scene at the bottom of the plaque is Diana...
Yes, Joseph. The lilies he is holding are an allusion to his flowering staff. With Anthony the child is usually facing the viewer, not snuggling.
Sold for $500 US. Think it would have gone higher if bidders believed it to be rock crystal.
If I'd got this bit properly spaced & punctuated I would have made more sense out of it. Also would have gone better if translator & on line...
Ya gotta wonder what these guys were on. How was the first one described? Looks like all of Dante in one plaque to me. Diana has always been a...
Our of curiosity, how does lead crystal test compared to ordinary glass & crystalline quartz?
I don't have any hands-on experience with it, but have always been skeptical of the ability of a garden variety gem tester to differentiate...
Agree, Ruth & Boaz.
Maybe a reliquary, sans relic?
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