Think the dresses made a comeback for little girls in the 50s. A cousin my age had one & I was so envious, but then I also wanted a sailor suit....
You have a maker's mark for a Birmingham silversmith. @DragonflyWink @evelyb30
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Looks like a fashion illustration? Pencil notation describes it, I think, but can't see well enough.
Just thought I had discovered that 'Danbiere' was a real word; then worked it out that what was meant was 'daubière', sort of a big double boiler.
There was also the buyer's premium to take into account: A buyer's premium of 20% will be applied to all purchases. Maybe $240 was just too...
It was 5 storage tubs of stuff as it was. Book has no time for cameos right now.
Book's heroic husband carried & loaded. I just held the apartment door open. He had to compete for the stairs with workmen doing demolition in...
Or $365 - a dollar a day. :joyful:
The final medallion is one that looks like an impression taken from an engraved gem: Cupid seated, holding his bow behind him with one hand,...
It gets difficult now to make order of what happened in the step from the inscription T.P. Danbiere Paris on the bottom of a little box: [ATTACH]...
The cameo has a way to go before it will be antique.
Maybe what was known as sulphur (spelling variable) wax. It is red & gets quite hard.
Or could be for hanging it.
Did they use actual shellac? I did think what OP is seeing as being like amber is some kind of coating/varnish, but beyond me to know of what....
Does removal of the handle mean that there is now some access to the faceted side of the matrix? Ooh, this is fun (with you doing all the work.) :)
I have started a thread in the Jewelry forum where I'm going to try to assemble the little I do know & provide illustrations so perhaps at least...
Hello, FishLure. I think Any Jewelry meant this in the sense of 'wouldn't waste time researching if it had already been solved & posted in the...
Is this a statement or a question? It is now illegal to sell ivory in many places. I do not know the law where you live. I would say it has...
Think it was made to be whatever you want it to be. My now defunct bead store used to make ornaments every Christmas using beads like this &...
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