Not a thrift store nor a thrift price, but stumbled across this "art deco bracelet" yesterday.
The charm is Ippolita but suspect the cameo itself is Amedeo; it's his sort of thing, his sort of price new.
Your belief in my omniscience is touching in the face of my admission of how I have more than once taken some convincing to feel sure a jet frame...
What a pretty thing. Could you check in your bag for that sweater I still can't find?
Is that one of Wallach's? Or Amedeo?
Between the world wars. Think 20s more likely than 30s.
Sounds just like jet. The first time I acquired a cameo in a jet frame I wrote the seller to ask if they were sure about their description. I...
The first brooch is made of 2 different materials. The cameo itself is a well known Czech design usually seen in glass, although it may also have...
A search for 'good shepherd olive wood carving' turned up quite an assortment of them.
The etching sold for $70 in 2020.
The A, M & F were clear enough. The rest 'gestalted' as Farniham for me, which Google immediately corrected & there he was.
https://sandiegohistory.org/journal/2001/july/imagesfarnham/ Maybe this guy?
You have stumbled into a hornet's nest here. To the best I can understand them from photos alone, I am convinced the first 2 cameos are shell,...
@Elen Beattie (Sorry for "Ellen"ing you before.) Findings are often the best clue to age. Is this what the back of your cameo looks like?...
These are plastic. First one is in same mount as Ellen's: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is shell: [ATTACH] And this is hardstone: [ATTACH] I...
It says Opera. That's the Paris Opera in the back, with the winged thingy on top.
Is this also known as a miser's purse?
No others at this time. I think we can be pretty sure that most cameo portraits made during the life of the sitter were done from a photograph....
Is it a wax facsimile of a seal? Or a facsimile of a wax seal?
When I checked the stats on lefties, one caveat was that lefties very often switch hands depending on the task. I had a boyfriend who used mainly...
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