Synchronicity, sort of. Doing a bit of Googling around w/o 'Murat' as a search term, found: Murat's Engraving 45 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036...
Do all those gears mean it has different speeds?
Even if one is the village idiot. (Homage to mother's favorite: 2 heads are better than 1, even if 1 is a cabbage head.)
That's a very good observation. Maybe its a Change-A-Coin brooch.
I have a brass gizmo that has that same barrette-like mechanism only, no pin. Think it was sold as being for hair, but my tentative conclusion is...
I see it more as _ache, maybe _aché.
Since this thread has been brought up again, I want to reply to this perennial issue: Here are the results of a couple of hot needle tests done...
Agree, that's why I didn't propose plant life first. Something segmented & coiled? Or segmented & circular? Looks concave to me on one side &...
My only other thought, since it is obviously not a brachiopod, is that it is a crinoid stem in cross section. See Ethelocrinus here:...
Also, please, some of the info you can get but we can't with only photos to go by. Surfaces rough/smooth/mixed? Heavier/lighter for size than...
I don't suppose seller gave any info on where found?
Looks sorta like an ammonite thingy, at least is some of the pix.
Are you sure they're coral? Color-wise they look more like conch shell, but the texture doesn't look right for either. If it is coral, it is...
[IMG][ATTACH] The Diana of Versaillles bronze seems to be a free interpretation rather than a copy. Does it have any info on it re: artist or...
Once heard a television announcer start off to say next up was Star Trek, The Gamesters of.......Trisk, a lion.
I don't know where else it may occur, but I have known these to be called more specifically Mexican fire agate.
I upped my magnification game when I bought a USB microscope. Then upped it again when I bought a better one.
I have one of these, quite a sturdy brass one with black enamel paint, now flaking away, to highlight the markings. I was told it was something...
I know from wallowing in cameos that French makers do beautiful work in glass. I was going to ask about the length too, because it is odd to have...
What power is your loupe? Wondering whether mine qualify as 'decent.'
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