She's a puzzler. Does not appear to be a saint & obviously not Mary. For me she most fits the conventions for depicting a sibyl. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Is the green photo with writing what is around the base. If not, where located? Could we see a pic of the base taken straight on>
It is Lamant. I think the three lines scored below the name were put there deliberately but that they have no connection to the name. Looking...
Could be garnet. I considered chrysoprase but it just doesn't look right to me for that.
No, I'm afraid not. Starting late in the 19th century there gets to be very little documentation of cameo cutters. Even before that there is...
Nurses' watches are one thing, meant to stay pinned with a bit of chain so the watch can be moved a bit away from the body to be read. [IMG]...
For added measure it says DUKE below him. Il duce.
Suspect there are many people in the world who have heard of in vitro fertilization without knowing the literal translation of in vitro. Not...
The word was used in at least one Sherlock Holmes story without being capitalized, so has been generic for a long time now. Another item Holmes &...
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I'm sure many/most of us here know the word 'vitrine'.
Just saw this in an auction, described as a woman's profile: [ATTACH]
Jewellery or wind chimes? Teasing. Very pretty.
If anyone was wondering what to get me for Christmas, this would not be amiss in the toe of my stocking:...
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Thank you for showing. A nice item.
'Druzy' is part of what I was trying to remember.
I just found it too. How the heck did you do it so fast?! [IMG]
Not dumb, interesting. Pretty sure it would have been a man's. Women wore their daintier watches more as jewellery, hanging from a chain around...
Think you have in mind something like the single/double Albert chain that attached through a buttonhole. Yours would hold the watch by the clip;...
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