Azurite, malachite & a mix of the two used a lot in Mexican jewellery.
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The remaining figure, dancing with cymbals, is a satyr, so guy with the wine is probably a silenus. The handles are just plain weird, more...
I have a ring with a pink tourmaline I would not call gem quality. It is cut en cabochon, is a little cloudy, uneven in color, & has that thready...
It's a scene of a bacchanale. She's a bacchante (or maenad) carrying a staff called a thyrsus; her head is thrown back because she is caught up...
Our friend Charles Schmoll has come up in the world. This seller mainly handles very high end stuff. They are wrong about it having anything to...
Can we see the other decorations around the side? Trying to see if there is one coherent scene or just a file of random figures.
Agree the center stones could be tourmaline & are not amethyst. Is one of them really quite a lot darker than the other? Or just a trick of the...
You mean this bookmark? :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: Webster sterling silver napkin clip in a pierced design with engraved monogram "HA" on...
I'm curious about the bottom. Are there little feet? Little plastic slides? Or does the whole bottom just scrape along when it's opened &...
The part that slides in seems awfully heavy duty for that. To me it looks more like one of those ill-conceived bookmarks people give as gifts...
Has to be Chinese, with mother of pearl inlay & cranes. Or is a lot of it trompe l'oeil? Do the colors in the MOP shift with the angle? Or stay...
How would that work? I often wear my hair in a ponytail & can't visualize how I could make use of this.
No museum is going to give you an appraised value. No museum is going to guarantee 100% that your item is authentic, particularly not if they...
I can only chip in that this is Bouguereau once again depicting Cupid & Psyche. You can just see one of her wings. Easier to tell that's what it...
Yes, UV can be a good way to spot if something has been repaired with glue.
I was thinking pewter too.
Any chance it was once a powder compact? It resembles the ones with a Wedgwood relief on the lid. See you got yourself a Headband Girl. She's...
I'm more curious about why it winds in 2 places. Does it chime?
Vercingetorix? In anachronistic clothing?
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