I swear Charles Schmoll would sign anything. https://www.ebay.com/itm/145564505359 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
These lava notable Italians are typically based on medallions, many of which are by Cerbera or Girometti.
I'm wearing a vintage sterling & rhinestone bracelet even as I type. It was my mother's, I think from the period when she would have been 16 - 20...
The subject on the obverse is the poet Tasso. Have yet to see a signed lava piece, but ones with the name of the subject are not uncommon.
Yes. I had the same reaction as komo did to the pic of the inside. I had not looked at my several pieces in a while & thought, incorrectly, that...
Just had a note from Pierluigi sending along this one. [ATTACH] Annoyingly, you can't see the actual listing without paying for access to their...
[ATTACH] This is the mark rotated 180. The dot in a rectilinear cartouche is consistent with an Egyptian 800 mark, which this may well be. Too...
[ATTACH] Is that writing in the red swoosh?
Church of England?
Hmm. Could be Egyptian. Size & location of mark is typical. Scarab motif obviously consistent. Just went to look at my several Egyptian...
Japan was my immediate reaction too. The 'barber' is wearing a pink bow, so maybe meant to be a beauty salon?
If this is more accurate for color, I'm leaning toward glass. I like it though; in my favorite family of colors. I'm wondering whether what you...
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I think SIL is for SILVER, not a signature. The blue stone in the ring could be so-called London or Swiss blue topaz, or it could be glass....
Something in the glaze reacts to UV. Ordinary white printer paper looks like this under UV. So do some diamonds. Not sure the effect qualifies...
Doubt it's meant to be a fineness mark. Third dot may figure in, maybe a maker's ID, maybe... Lowest fineness mark I have ever seen on Egyptian...
If you ignore the smaller dot on the left, the circle followed by 2 dots looks like 500 in eastern Arabic numerals.
Looks like a water sprite to me.
It looks like the material of table tops in all night diners of a certain age.
Other than the motif, I see no evidence that either of the other 2 is actually Egyptian made.
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