The second one is a gem impression of the sort Tassie &, after his business took off, others made in plaster & other substances, with the...
I study cameos. Many early Wedgwood designs were taken from the gem impressions made by James Tassie. Then the two became competitors in some...
Is the instrument a koto?
Who knows if seller knows their stuff: https://www.ebth.com/items/9337051-antique-wedgwood-jasperware-jardiniere-circa-1891-1915
Well, they've been doing Polyhymnia since at least 1774:...
I don't know about the mark, but the figures are the Muses Polyhymnia & Urania. Are there 2 others on the opposite side? There may be a record...
If you were you would be the expert & we would be asking you for help. We've just been telling you why we concluded, with only photos to go by,...
Sorry to take this thread off topic, but couldn't resist the opening to make this comment. Now that so many news stories concern the receipt of a...
The choices of a rooster & a crane make me think Chinese. Both birds are popular motifs in Chinese art.
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Wish I had INH's magic search touch. A Google image search only produced yellow woodlands:...
Sellers often err on the side of the more expensive material. I specialize in cameos, which are also made in both glass & agate. I often see the...
Have no doubt you are completely correct. I have no training in Russian but do know I never see diacritical marks used. I think Wiki put that...
When I followed another guess I found there is a place in Rajasthan called Dharamdhari.
I try for informative, illustrated & a little humor. When people look at all, think they mainly just look at pictures & rarely read the text. Oh...
[IMG] Hi Giuseppe. I see mostly the same letters you do, except it seems possible to me that the first letter is a D & there is an h that I see...
Stumbled across this item in a past auction of Christie's & was a bit stunned by their description of the cameo subject. AN ANTIQUE AGATE,...
I would put money on glass.
They look exactly like they were done from a kid's paint set with only primary colors. When courting, those neck feathers can be raised to form...
Hawaii is known more for black coral. Don't know if they have a red species, or seahorses.
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