Not so far as I can tell. It is all antique, or nearly, Egyptian Revival era. I have never seen a contemporary piece using real ones. Lots in...
I love that the restoration expert's name is Zenzie Tinker. There is still a ton of jewellery made with scarab beetles floating around. Amazing...
Or maybe had a wooden base as a mini paperweight? I don't think it was cut in half, made this way.
We had a popcorn popper my parents must have bought in the 50s with a detachable cord very much like that. For the language, once again, @Figtree3
Interesting. In hagiography, Cecilia is indicated by the presence of one or more musical instruments, particularly an organ. Maybe the turban...
The barrel looks to me like a section of bamboo. Bamboo or barrel, with a tiger inside seems like something from an Asian imagination. I don't...
Hi Alfa. It's helpful to us if you post pix full size instead of as thumbnails. You can still use edit & more choices (? something like that) to...
Maybe we're back to dowsing/fortune telling. Suncatcher?
I called you in for your photo expertise. Thanks! The militaria folks can deal with the uniform. :)
Yes, glass. I like the color too.
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Lady at the upper left reminds me of Disney Snow White. [IMG]
That would make me tea total.
Maybe faded red? Although not sure a scarlet would become so blue.
Possible color has changed with time. I can't tell the medium, but clearly based on a formal photo studio portrait.
I might make lots of the dogs, the bows & hearts, the leaves, & the rhinestones. I wouldn't put them together as a single lot. Is the larger...
Signs of what the past was like found amid signs of what the future will be like.
Reader's copy or reviewer's copy? I don't really know book sellers' jargon, but thought a reader's copy of something meant it was in good enough...
Paper cutting was a big fad in the Georgian era, which is clearly not when these were done. I have the impression there was another vogue for...
Hello, blackdog. Freudian typo?
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