Of the 3 drawers on the left, suspect the middle & bottom ones should switch places so paint job will be symmetrical with other side instead of...
Blue-green patina says to me that copper is present so I'm saying bronze.
It does look as though some prying & bending went on. That would explain the seeming anachronism of this cameo in that setting.
She's a lovely thing. Have you found any tiny marks hidden among the tarnish? As BMRT said, She is a separate piece from the background layer...
Trust me on this, it's not. It's more likely this girl was inspired by flapper fashion than by Caroline Lamb. Contemporary pretty ladies mass...
It looks more like WM to me, if the last stroke of the W is also the first one of the M. I doubt the maker of the gold disk had anything to do...
I can see that, but they still don't look like the feathers on the body of a grown eagle. Agree with komokwa's description of 'over carved'.
I have seen this signature so many times I can recognize it even if I can only see half. The Flora is an excellent find. What else ya got?
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Other name is something like F. Schopenz.
Last name transliterates to Lansere.
The stone is interesting. My first thought was 'mystic' topaz (there are many other names) but if the photos are capturing it accurately, the...
Think the signature is yet again our friend 'Silz', Charles Schmoll. [ATTACH] These country scenes are a genre of their own. Often erroneously...
Sellers of antique jewellery here are afraid to even breathe the word 'ivory'. Word has gone round that there is undercover enforcement & the...
This was made in 2 pieces, & from the way they are screwed together, & the findings also screwed directly into the material, I am virtually...
She didn't glass made to mimic sardonyx has been made since Roman times. However, this lady reminds me very much of the ubiquitous W. German...
'Wardrobe carcase' sounds like what I have in my closet.
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I don't have any issue with the antler material, but the many NA eagles I have seen were better observed & more accurately rendered when it came...
I think it's strictly decorative, not the emblem of any organization. Guessing stamped brass, might have been gilded once. Nice blue 'stones'...
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