Bronwen thinks that color-wise & degree of glossiness the beads could easily be carnelian. Not sure how it was determined they are definitely...
You're not allowed to say you bought a cameo without showing it to us. Before & after pix would be very interesting.
I put a dab of dish washing liquid soap & some tap water into a small dish & let it soak. When a cameo needs washing, & many are just plain...
Going by the very elaborately decorated helmet & the 3-strand necklace, I'm guessing this is Athena, who can look quite masculine & would be more...
And very pretty it is. Many jet cameos are actually a molded piece in a jet frame. You can see where this one was worked. That clasp must be...
In my experience, botany & ornithology are not the strong suits of cameo carvers. I would not conclude the details are accurate.
I believe Nakai is a Navajo family name.
It looks to me like it has webbed feet. Doesn't that rule out ptarmigan?
I thought you wanted to know if it was from Poland. :rolleyes:
Poppy: [IMG] Rose: [IMG] The very nice (she says enviously) bracelet is jet with a jet cameo of a not entirely anatomically correct rose....
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Catalin, for example. If it smells of milk when warmed, galalith. There were a number of polymers besides Celluloid, it's just that Celluloid &...
They are cross sections of walrus tusk. The pendant does not look like any type of shell I've ever encountered. It looks like walrus except for...
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Did Mr. Cox identify the material?
The greener strand definitely looks like turquoise to me & maybe American. When I see that very blue blue with black I think Chinese. The...
What is the green around her right arm & hand? She could use a soak & brush to get rid of the grime between her fingers, at the corner of her...
That's it. Penuche-oid.
I would have said the Mary is a version of the Immaculate Conception. See Guido Reni, Murillo Paintings Google shows me for 'Mary Queen of...
Nifty piece. My guess is another of the early plastics, not Celluloid.
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