She does not have any of the attributes of Juno/Hera. My sense is that she does not belong to the Greco-Roman world at all. Egyptian, perhaps,...
Why would it have an S instead of a number? The time when stamps had to be printed in advance of a value being assigned & were given a letter was...
What seems unusual about yours is the color if it's for 8 cents. Edit: As komo shows, the color is not unusual for a 3 cent stamp.
In the second photo, the 2nd from left might be Merlin. I think I would keep the figure wearing a turban with a parrot on his shoulder. (last...
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Why would an 8 on this one necessarily be the same as 8s on others?
Are you sure there is not an 8 on either side?
The one on the far right in the last photo is the Mad Hatter.
A maker's tag then.
I'm curious about whether the seal can slip on & off, leaving the possibility that it has nothing to do with the statuette, or whether it's on too...
Me too.
I did mean customs as in inspection of imported goods for approval for entry into the country. Items are marked to show they have passed through...
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Thing on her arm looks like a customs seal.
The diadem indicates a goddess; the degree of nudity indicates Aphrodite/Venus. Could be a museum reproduction although in my experience such...
They usually separate into 2 dress clips. Yours aren't clips?
To me it's only somewhat unique.
Not just any male. Pan? Faces look like theatrical masks. The grain stalks suggest Demeter/Ceres. Not my field. Was Staffordshire given to...
Bacchantes/maenads is all I know.
There's a thought.
Separate names with a comma.