I don't see the chipping or scraping a glass stone set in a ring that gets much wear suffers, although of course maybe it wasn't worn much. On...
Guess that settles that. My beautiful hand blown tree topper spire has an opening much too small for the top of any tree large enough to support...
Yes, unlike western practice, often on the front. :)
How big is tiny? Looks to me like a wooden box that has been painted trompe l'oeil fashion to look like tortoiseshell. Would guess Italian....
It's a medallion, not a coin, but the images may have been taken from a coin or coins. They are not necessarily the obverse & reverse of the same...
Ah, so it is. The mark says 80, for 800 silver. [ATTACH]
It also has somewhat the look of a Flaxman illustration.
Maybe Michelini sold the shop & some inventory when he moved to Paris?
I think you are correct that the base is a candle holder & the spire is a Christmas tree topper that fortuitously fit well together. In my...
Tend to be verses from the Quran.
Lab-grown sapphire is my guess & 70s seems right for age.
Think I've seen this composition before but never known for sure what it is. Suspect the origin is an engraved gem & not a painting or sculpture....
The idea that Michelini cut it & Dolcini sold it seems as much or more plausible than any other explanation, since both signatures are clearly...
[ATTACH] I don't know why these other loops & downstrokes were added, or by whom, but I had no idea when I bought it what it said because the...
What establishes it as Egyptian?
The first bit is the catalogue listing & second bit is from Forrer. Note he got the name wrong & has it as Michelino. [ATTACH] Think this must...
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No, did not see. No longer prowl the listings to the extent I once did; when I was ill did not look at all. Even when being assiduous about it,...
Thank you @i need help & @daveydempsey :kiss::kiss:
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