Sometimes you just do. She may already be about 70 years old or so. She'll be an antique in no time. :kiss::kiss:
She is lovely. Cutter got a little out of hand with the draped skin. It's supposed to be panther, not lion. After all, she's not a follower of...
Agree it is turquoise for the reason you give, although stones are not discolored, the stone comes in a range of shades. Construction looks quite...
See they had their own brass foundry.
Where people sell partly depends on where they are located. What part of the world are you in?
Good job with the post. :) This page has some information on trousses. I do not know how accurate it is: https://www.throughouthistory.com/?p=4387
Thank you. She's very dramatic. Yes, a tiny opal. I don't know if I'll ever get an answer, but sent an inquiry to the jewellery department of...
If all this is correct, I'd have to guess Beale.
This is the stone I meant:...
Persecute is what we do to people who ask about dodgy antiquities.
I see it is one knife & a pair of chopsticks. We have had these before. @Any Jewelry who is it who collects these?
Do you? Please tell us what you already know. It would probably be better to start a new thread for the knives & put them in the Militaria...
Or prosecuted.
Copyists were probably working from prints like this one & in about the same period:...
Suspect Phoebe is your amateur painter. How the frame is constructed may hold more clues to age than the painting itself.
This just keeps coming back: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/is-this-ambrotype.10341/
It is an authentic reproduction. At best, it is an authentic Grand Tour souvenir. So probably made in Italy, long after 79AD. At a minimum it...
Your cup does not look very silver in the photos. Is it marked anywhere, either for sterling or for 800 silver? This one is English silver from...
Sniped by kyra. Was just about to put up the same link. I'll add this one:...
Looks like an ornate fitting to hold a chimney, so think Bunsen burner is out.
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