Hey, Dude, welcome.
This looks suspiciously like Raphael: [IMG]
The tube hinge & the way the pin stem is attached to it are much older than the safety clasp, which is approx. second third of the 20th century....
I'm still thinking the unscrew around the equator but are now corroded closed. The holes in the plain half make no sense to me is nothing goes...
Gorgeous! Have never seen a bracelet use that twisted ribbon look. Could use a cleaning, I think, something else the jeweller can do.
[ATTACH] Guido Reni's fresco, sometimes known as Aurora's Chariot, which I never understand, since it is Apollo/Sol's chariot. Aurora leads the...
That's what I'm saying, & will keep saying, trying to get the word out. Thanks, bluumz, for digging those up. The post that kyratango was...
The term for these conjoined heads/faces is gryllos/grylloi. It's not unusual for them to be a mix of types. Here there is a young man, then,...
Dear Bronwen, just for my information. what is jet, a kind of stone? Is it more like an onyx? I'll add to the more technical & historical info...
I shudder to think how this was done: Pliny the Elder suggests that "the kindling of jet drives off snakes and relieves suffocation of the...
Do they open?
Do chocolate pots have a strainer in the spout like this?
Did swans have a special meaning for your mom?
Darned floaters.
Ah, yes. The weird thing is, I read that for the first time just a few years ago because it's such a classic & I felt I should know it. Then had...
The browns of the agate harmonize well with the gold (chain looks Italian?). Some pieces are just very satisfying to wear & this one brings...
She looks like shell; I see nothing to suggest she is not. What I can't tell for sure is what kind of shell. Helmet shell I think, after...
I used to, in my science fiction days. :)
I read $137M as the price.
Yes, I picked up on that after making the comment.
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