Looks like ivory from here. May be easier to tell once it's cleaned up. Green ring stone looks like peridot.
Bring on the non-fungible tokens!
They have a whole batch of Saulini-esque shell portrait cameos they are trying to insinuate are from the Saulini workshop. I have no reason to...
Think the 'shell' is just where the excess glass (I know there's a name for this bit...?) was twisted off.
Bonhams: The Grand Tour Sale
Think the (something) is 'appartient': belongs to the Prince of ___-_____ Year 1921 Price 1 1/2 florins(?)
Unbelievable that this wasn't spotted as a quality piece before you got to it. Must be meant for you. Can you tell what material the miniature...
Think they make a cream for that now. But both necklaces will gestalt well when worn; great pieces when taken as wholes & we've all seen cameos...
I've never tried using a knotting tool, but find my knotting tweezers useful in all sorts of ways & cannot imagine stringing a necklace without them.
Hawksbill Turtle. Mr. Seahawk was my fifth grade teacher. :turtle::turtle:
I would put her at the latter end of the range Pepper gives for the clasp.
Tagua, like other organic materials such as elephant ivory, antler & Celluloid, soaks up UV & looks bright, rather than reflecting it back &...
Over the years I've seen so many things described as OOAK & thought,lk;iok;iok;iok;iok;iok;iok;iok;iok;io [cat fell on keyboard] Oh, thank goodness.
Larger beads could be tagua nut.
If you're asking about the gems shown in this thread, they are a mix of ones we own, ones in institutions & ones that are or have been up for...
Signed cameos of any subject are rare relative to the vast majority of cameos that are unsigned. It's possible that portrait cameos are signed...
Oh, & another word, known to crossword puzzlers, is 'etui'.
I was going to say 'stanhope', but see Roaring got there with the link. Definitely looks like elephant ivory. As for preservation of the picture...
Latticino always sounds like something you would order at Starbucks.
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