Looks like the pupae of some alien creature. I wouldn't turn my back on it. :nailbiting:
Reminiscent of The Water-Babies, although I don't think choosy storks come into it.
BTW, what was that metal thing she found on the bar cart & was so enamored with? Just a huge desk toy? Or something functional?
Why do the lines look like they were painted on after the crazing occurred? Like them anyway.
On both of them the place name looks more like Merlino to me, but think it has to be Milano for il duomo & what I think is the palazzo (spelled...
Right side looks to me like acquaforte di (artist's name).
Great to see recycling is catching on.
Watched the video. Much as I love jewellery, I would not have selected anything I saw, at any price, unless the sapphire ring were going for $10....
Don't boys go into long pants at about the age of 11, when they go off to boarding school? Think a knock down drag out between grown men would...
As has already been noted they're too clothed (& too long in the leg) to be putti. Schoolboys, more like, maybe brothers or best friends. I'm...
Cub Scouts? [ATTACH]
They look like little Chinese girls. Not sure whether the posture means that they're too little to walk yet or something else.
The only reason I sort of recognize walrus is that I have a few NA carvings that use tooth or tusk. Shining a UV light on it can be instructive....
Looks like walrus to me. I don't know if they have any teeth short of the tusks that can yield a piece this size. I wouldn't know walrus from...
Looks like a Buddha to me, surrounded by people. The slips of paper may have prayers or bits of scripture.
The cameos themselves do not look in need of cleaning to me. When I do clean, method depends somewhat on how they are set. These I would not...
My guess is that the seal relates to its importation, not to its manufacture, but WAG.
The cameos are all hand carved helmet shell, but yes, pretty vin ordinaire in the world of cameos, but nice to have the pendant & clip earring...
Think the seal tag means it has been inspected. By customs, perhaps?
Or perhaps pyrite?
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