If this were the worst thing La Cosa Nostra ever did, the world would be a better place. Whoever was behind all this paid great attention to...
Still monochromatic, but very high relief, better design, various colors. [ATTACH] This one is most like a direct descendant of the LA'GATIERRE...
LA'GATIERRE My guess is that these are the first attempt at turning this polymer into jewellery. The relief is lower, the lines less crisp, the...
Because the topic keeps popping up in the Cameo Show & Tell thread, as well as in another one started by me, Numismatic Fraud Mystery , I decided...
I had heard of hip flasks before... It's the eyebrows on these that fascinate me.
Agree they look like glass tiles. But all slightly different sizes & shapes, so wonder if they were represented as having an unusual origin,...
Welcome, antiguamarie/Marie-Elena. You do me an honor I do not deserve. My expertise, such as it is, is with cameos & the Greek, Roman &...
I have been trying to put all the little clues together for years. A major problem is that a lot of the clues are deliberately misleading when it...
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Cool. Because I'm too lazy to look it up, what is 'blind' tooling on the leather? Also, do the dot & line above the word that looks like...
Looks like Sally Rand about to catch her next fan!
This is why we need better closeups of material on both sides, it might help to make a determination on this.
Hello, mired. Green serpentine would fit the bill. If you think you saw basalt here, erase it from your mind. :D
It is in Arabic, if there was doubt on that score.
Do you have one of these around? https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/53528160_antique-french-amber-trinket-box [ATTACH] Bidding started at $100...
Welcome, amateurhour. Welcome to my own personal rabbit hole. Thanks for the link to the listing. I save photos for reference & sometimes for...
Most of the rings in the photo are tagged as Judith Ripka.
That is the mot juste.
We see lots of once expensive furniture that no one wants anymore. I was responding to this observation: while popular in the 60's and 70's, has...
Considered it might be a way to shake out tobacco crumbs from the bottom without dumping out all the cigars, but not very sure that makes any sense.
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