Welcome, Jim. That's quite a production. How big is your 'little gem'? It's easier when pix are full size. [IMG] [IMG]
Can't decide if I like the cup or the pearls better. Guess I'll just have to wear the pearls while quaffing from the cup! Happy bacchanalia,...
Hi, Dory, what a great catch! You can't gauge by her clothing since she is not in the garb of the period when she was made. All that grapevine...
The signature, Sll, is short for (Charles) Schmoll. We have talked a lot about him on this & related threads, so if you do a search of the...
Souvenir of Capistrano?
It's actually quite well cut. But I hate it when they punch a hole in a cameo to attach a bail. Had not seen it before. Does not appear to be...
In an 1830 guide to Rome, Michelini is listed as being at via della Croce No 61, while there is a 'Dolci' listed at via Condotti, No. 28. In an...
In some of the older sources I consult in my cameo researches, words starting with I & ones starting with J in current usage are mixed together in...
Hello, Will. Where was the sale held? Anyplace near where they might have been dug? We have several members who are knowledgeable about tribal...
I was thinking Philippines. Except, is that a snowman on one side?
And here I was thinking Scotland. Think we forgot to say a proper Welcome to Antiquers, Pridark. :)
Here's a case where the seller doesn't even mention the signature probably because she found it illegible:...
The alphabet has no J.
With that stag & doe motif, where did the chandelier used to live?
Sounds wonderful. I have been known to lash a large dried starfish to the top of mine.
Too funny also. Have not seen this before. Notice that Cupid & the lioness are being chased by one of Cupid's arrows. (By the tail.) Cupid &...
Ready to bust a gut. Do the cat's eyes also follow you around? I bought one of his pieces because it adhered so well to earlier standards....
Here's one from my files, not one of mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] That's an unusually exuberant 'M'; in most instances it is closer to being lower...
My bad. His name is Pierluigi. Gianpaolo is someone else I know. :confused:
Think I particularly had in mind ones like this of Iris bringing the wounded Venus to Mars: [IMG]
Separate names with a comma.
