Is it at all possible to see inside, to check whether cracks go all the way through to the interior?
That's the word I was trying to think of. Here are ones in the Met:...
Could we have a closeup of some of the underside? This looks like a 'Persian rug', not something made out of a fabric remnant. I was expecting...
My guiding principles as a collector are: does it make me smile?; is it small enough to find a place?; and, sometimes, can I afford it? Think...
Things that were inexpensively made & designed not to last have a way of becoming collectible if they last long enough. If lots of these were...
Hmm. Was just reading that a green acid test result indicates the presence of copper, but the whole photo looks blue-green to me, not...
A whole lot easier to create the flat front and then grind an intaglio into it than to try to make the flat front while also leaving material...
It has a lot of similarity to the 'bachelor's chest' I have sitting next to me, which my mother always said was cherry. Finished that way anyway....
The underside looks more like Eilat stone than the top does. It's a relative of turquoise. Is the photo of the top picking up the color accurately?
Eilat.
Looks like an innie on the mantel & an outie on the cupboard.
Are you trying to make a determination for the purposes of crafting a sales listing? Think condition & whether or not running & keeping time will...
Well, the larger one says 'Quartz' on the face, so it's not antique.
'Malacca cane' is the name of the material, sort of like bamboo.
This is a fun browse: https://www.walking-canes-sticks.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d2045760955_Ivory,Bone___Horn_Walking_Canes.html
Malacca cane?
My peeve is how many cameos are considered 'museum quality.'
Just looked up the Worthpoint page & saw that's how it's titled. It's early Sunday morning & evidently I'm not doing reading either.
If he put acid directly on the box, you may have an issue to raise with him.
Yes, this is a 3-bee model. If the information we have seen is correct, much rarer than the 4-bee ones.
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