Probably literally correct, with 'bows' meaning archers/bowmen.
Thank you for bringing your expertise & reference library in aid of the cause. ;)
On slim evidence, I'm going to go with a date in the 1990s. May once have held a lab grown color change sapphire (frequently misidentified as...
Lot's wife?
It's not a seagull, it's an ibis. OP's assay office could be Beni Suef.
Appears to be a studio portrait. If so, then the items with the sitter are props. Dating them may not date the pic. @Figtree3
Yes, Egyptian 12K mark. [ATTACH]
If you don't want it, can I have it? I think it's delightful, if not exactly geared to modern taste. From what I see on the bottom, this looks...
For heaven's sake, don't get any ammonia on the cameo! My personal preference in this is to clean the cameo itself until it looks like it just...
It's sort of a transitional form of safety clasp. Early in the 20th there were those little fiddly ones with a lever that often didn't hold very...
What kind of product do you use to get that hairstyle? Just wondering.
Gestalting 'cut down/___ frame with silver lining? Edit: Chasing Debora here. Agree, could say 'oak'.
Kauffmann fecit 1844 is the wording.
And before you ask, no, it is not Rebecca at the Well: https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/religious/rebecca-at-the-well
Bluumz has it exactly, a swivel mount.
I'd probably use it as a Christmas tree ornament.
I have long noticed it goes both ways: in photos, gold looking silver & silver looking gold. I just use my camera in idiot mode, don't know how...
When you're ready for the graduate course: Cameo Signature Help Needed
It is real coral & it is Psyche. See Mirana has nipped in ahead of me with words of wisdom. Just went to check on some of my own collection...
Take a look at the work of Clayton Tom - amazing. I think 'Zuni' is a default term for a lot of sellers. I think of petit point when I think of...
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