The more I look at it & think about it, the more the helmet seems more like one that would suit the Roman war goddess Bellona. I agree that it...
2manybooks provided several links, one of which was:...
I agree that it has been set as a pendant relatively recently. Age of the shield itself...? My best shot is last third of the 19th century, when...
Weschler's got fooled by the wings in identifying Athena's companion as Hermes. It is Ares. Unlike Hermes, he is wearing a helmet & looks like...
I think is may be a sphinx, which is a common crest for Athena's helmet. This is from the 1st Dibs listing: [ATTACH] Unfortunately, terribly...
I think this is basically correct. A great amount of layered agate is this (non) color. I don't know if the beads are very old or just crude....
Not Normandy. As Bakers has pointed out, the orientation of the lions on the shield is in the wrong direction, to sinister, the shield bearer's...
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I get the Steiners' newsletter, so knew this was going on.
I've seen a lot of Athenas, but never one quite like this. A very unusual representation, but I think it has to be Medusa, who was not originally...
@mirana Apologies for not praising your success earlier. Somehow I hopped over that post to your next one & did not see that the mystery had been...
I read Present [Current] Catalogue of Plaintiff.
Could just be my aged eyes, but, especially in the unetched area between 1 & 3 o'clock, I think I see the little wriggly lines one sees in some...
The hinge & clasp do not appear to be replacements & are from well into the 20th century. Suppose the little scrimshaw plaque itself could be...
Whole mark is probably 1-20-12K GF.
The scrimshaw looks like it is done on ivory, not MOP.
Plaintiff would have been National Cloak & Suit Co. Question is who was the defendant? As 2manybooks suggests, suit may have been related to...
The hinge & clasp say 20th century. Should be really pretty cleaned up.
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