The colors. Natural dyes are more muted, or possibly just fade more. On your pillow there's no color difference between the front and the back.
As if they weren't already!
That's needlepoint all right. Someone did a PILE of time on that, but I don't think it's early enough to be arts and crafts. Those are all...
I bet the one of Isis was framed at the same time. It has the same setting and the same stones. Beat the snot out of its estimate. She went for...
How the heck a piece of Pilgrim would end up in the UK, or why....? Maybe in some GI family's household goods?
Pulled out my Kovel's, and that registration number dates to 1888. Possibly still made a bit later. I'd say the odds of a matching lid aren't good.
$350,000 for this one. The cameo itself is Roman, but the setting looks 19th century?
Very much so. A short reign in between two of the longest in history, and a brother who was notorious in his day. He's most famous for swearing...
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