I was wondering how it was done. Thanks. :)
The crudeness of the first pair is really puzzling. I have a collection of Japanese souvenirs & they are all much better made than this. Maybe...
Quite Medium?
Welcome. The wax seal looks like it would have been that of an owner. Expect there will be comments on the way it has been backed.
I was going to comment that it must have been formed in a tumultuous environment, then looked up cinnabar in Wiki & see it is a vein filling...
Welcome, Chanelle. The putative expert cannot tell you much more than AJ has told you already. The cameo is cut in helmet shell. I'm having...
Often, but not always. My 'sleep hygiene' is terrible with no regularity. I don't have insomnia, it's just that my internal clock is a cuckoo...
The museum has been very helpful with answering questions for other members a couple of time. There may not be anyone there at present.
It is stone of some sort but the mottling is not something consistent with any carnelian I have seen either. There is the possibility it has been...
Glad the little guy got a good home. With 2 turtles in the bathtub, you know I have a herd of them, various materials, in the display cabinet. I...
You have to pull it down to tend to the lamp. Then, when you push up on it, the weight is just enough to keep it in the raised position again.
I see you're selling her. She was certainly one of the more lively topics on this thread. Good luck. :)
The Wedgwood Diana is also nice.
From the Met's description: ranks among the most celebrated of nineteenth-century pictures of a baseball game in progress Would therefore not be...
Then how come we never see you around here? https://www.antiquers.com/threads/cameos-show-tell-or-ask-answer.23493/ You might also like...
My one book on Wedgwood says pieces marked Wedgwood & England date to approx. 1891 - 1908. There is no mention of an asterisk or daisy mark so...
We've talked about teeth on cameos. Kind of works for this amazing Medusa by Morelli. https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/12064/lot/17/ [IMG]
Like ivory, lava offers a carver a large enough chunk of material to work with that great depth can be achieved &, on some, parts of the figure...
It is, but very pretty.
I never even knew china used to be repaired this way until I joined this forum. From what I've read here, it suggests someone valued the piece...
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