Excellent thought. Will try & hope file not too large.
Don Quixote & Sancho Panza.
Had to look this up. Google corrects me that it is a dough proofer & tells me that they are heated, but this still looks to me like a place you...
I doubt it's a reproduction. The question in my mind is whether the entire ring is 16th century or was it cobbled together at a later time?...
This time period is way out of my realm, but I find the ring holding the matrix weirdly crude, particularly if all the heraldic devices indicate...
Schmoll was active in the second half of the 19th century. Wish I could attach a Word doc but not allowed. I have one with 48 photos of...
Not for Theseus' father.
It does help me see the overall shape better. My assessment of glass remains the same, but starting to think it is Dionysus: the wreath looks...
That looks like an abbreviation for sterling silver.
Sometimes MMA does things in collaboration with other museums, which may have been the case here. Minotaur = Bull of Minos, offspring of Minos'...
I was thinking more like [MEDIA]
There's no way this pitted surface is ruby. Even if the ring was worn daily & suffered the knocking around rings get, neither ruby nor garnet...
Think you will find this is a modern copy of a portrait of some society beauty of a bygone era. Often the signature is that of the copyist,...
I often misinterpret photos & am in a bit of a rush right now, but, any chance the faceted back & the impressed front are 2 separate pieces being...
Charles lived to the age of 87 & seems to have been a respected member of the Parisian Jewish community. The exposition medal with which he...
Start reading just above here: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameo-signature-help-needed.38228/page-2#post-634120
Russian/Cyrillic.
I keep thinking of Kolowisi, but wrong set of attributes. [IMG]
That would have been more suitable, but in case synch wants to follow that lead, it's Crowley.
[IMG] I was ready to tell you this is Pan, but see you already got there. My assumption is that all jewels are glass. The upper figure has a...
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