Good on them. Auction houses are not always so keen to know anything that might bring down the value of an item. Considering you wrote a whole...
Was going to mention I have several of those. Also novelty 'spoons' using various types of bivalve shell for the bowl.
There's testing for coral vs. some imitation, and there's testing to see if real coral has been dyed. Calcium carbonate, the building block of...
Going by shape, growth lines & appearance of seams, I would guess this was made from a clam shell, the 2 sides glued together, cut down to flatten...
Mrs. Walters is probably better seen here than in a display case:...
If you could find a Capricorn fantasy fan...
Thanks for this. When I first began to look into my own Talani, the Walters Josephine, the 2 cameos in the British Museum & the 2 owned by U....
Yes, I can see that it might be beryl, although unusual to see it cut en cabochon instead of being faceted.
I think your time period is about right. She was ubiquitous then & for some time after. Not having a mount hinders dating. Nice piece. :)
The construction of the first/fifth one ha some similarity to this one that I posted on Collector's Weekly years ago. It is clearly deco....
The very first one might have Halley's comet influence. Some lovely bits there.
Welcome, oussamio. Could you please tell us the general location where you found it, the country, at least, & the dimensions. Is this how it...
Doubtful, as I've seen another just like it with the exception of the cameo's being placed on the body instead of the lid. But in both cases it...
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'Ceffion' should read 'Cession'. I read LVIII as: Kauft Cession und Wechset Briefte, for which IM Translator gives me: Buys cession and bills of...
What Google is showing me for Empoli glass is sedate compared to this; some elaborate forms, but mostly monochromatic. This combo, with the vivid...
I see no reason to think it is not silver, although, if the setting is also Italian, probably 800, not 925. Could be from 1930s. Marcasites seem...
I concur with OBB that the use of the cameos is a strong indicator for Italy. I have a loopy bon bon with a cameo on it that could only be...
Helmet shell, hand carved, Italian. The figure is from a set of 12 nymphs, known as the Hours of the Day & Night of Raphael. It is generally...
Pinxit = painted it; et = &; sc (sculp) = engraved it. So he did both the original painting & the engraving.
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