Too funny! For everyone else, the figure is the Fifth Hour of the Day, from the series known as Raphael's Hours of the Day & of the Night. Is...
Doesn't it say 1966 underneath the signature? (As Debora points out.)
In plique a jour light can come through the enamel. The word you want is cloisonne.
Someone will come along with more technical knowledge, but this used to be common. Smaller pages were made by folding large sheets of paper; the...
Not just cloth, embroidered. Johnny is probably right that someone practicing her needlework made them from a kit & proudly framed them. The...
What is the monogram on her pendant? AB/BA? Reminds me a bit of renditions of the Dying Cleopatra I have seen.
@komokwa @Taupou Give them time to respond. Our members are in many different time zones. In my entirely inexpert opinion, really lovely basket...
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Lady with a Gun looks like she is from a ballet. Other one belongs in Dr. Strangelove.
The other examples of similar necklaces that have been found show a double dangle to go with the double drilled head. I'm guessing your necklace...
I'd be wary of this. Can see the varnish contracting as it dries & pulling off the layer under it.
It is not to be dismissed entirely. It's a rarity in its own right; most of its sisters have probably disintegrated completely. It was mass...
It is indeed out of a mold.
I know of no reason why not. We see clear colorless plastics all the time. Perspex substitutes for glass in airplane windshields. I see no...
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It's some earlier polymer, probably no longer made due to lack of durability. Have not seen this particular one before. It is probably based on...
If you suspend this using the loop next to the hinge, does it hang straight?
I have no trouble seeing the pearls as original to the piece, if it did not receive that much handling.
[IMG] I think the cameo, when it came out of the mold, was entirely white. The background colors, an attempt to mimic helmet shell, appears...
Late-ish I would say, for the mount at least. Would not be strange if the cameo had been acquired well before it was set. The quality of carving...
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