@kyratango Felt I had to write this seller. Too bad such misinformation has got into a collectors reference book. Author even comments on how...
Seller is in France, so perhaps Goldette a little less likely. That intaglio of Venus teasing/disarming Cupid is not quite so widespread as...
Word for the day: tessera/tesserae.
No, not at all. It is just a possibility I see. Since her own bio includes the unrequited love of a nobleman, this may be based on some other...
More likely mass produced blanks used by many mosaicists.
Looks like there could be a signature neatly hidden by the closed pin. It's quite a good piece.
Cleopatra. :)
Yikes!
I bought 2 in Rome in the 60s as gifts for friends back home. There were lots of vendors. I would remember if the backs had looked like this....
Romeo & Juliet? Herself & the nobleman who did not love her back?
Why does it say the painting dates to the 19th century when she lived mainly in the 16th? If this is a Victorian copy of one of her works, why...
I know the French have their funny ways @kyratango but, really? Necklace Intaglio Glass To Decoration D Angel Love Stone Glass Mount Metal US...
Just another thing I can't afford I thought I'd share. I'm not much into diamonds, but could live with these. The intaglio is moonstone. [IMG]
I imagine you have already found this: http://www.henryaltemus.com/lupton/ (For those just starting this research, do scroll down to the account...
Glad to hear you are keeping them. I like them very much. Should you decide to sell, not sure the crazing really detracts, as long as pieces are...
I don't think you can count on its being quite that old, although it is certainly solidly vintage. Thirties possible.
Since many of us here are 'mid-century', you are not to use the word 'antique' in connection with anything else dating to that period....
But yours is on the level. :)
Think we don't need to wait for AJ. That would be it. I could only find the statuette with her holding the vase upright. Good work. :)
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