If the seller is British/European (I saw the listing but don't remember from where) by 'corn' they mean what an American means by 'wheat'....
Definitely worthy of the 'Finds' thread too. I think some people just dismiss cameos as too old fashioned & uninteresting. She is helmet shell,...
Agree, I think you will find it is ivory. Appears to be a portrait of an actual person, not something likely to have been mass produced. If you...
Mid-20th century carved helmet shell, better than a great many but, as OBB observes, the mount is of higher quality than the cameo. Good...
Some of those may be chrysoberyl rather than apatite. In the photos of this spider I do not see any chatoyancy & the basic color looks grey. My...
@evelyb30 & everyone, these are all artificial: [ATTACH] Even the backs can be very convincing (back of third one is covered): [ATTACH]
But some days I feel stranded on Naxos. And don't want to be married to Dionysus, starry crown notwithstanding.
Exactly. The lines in Celluloid are straighter, stay closer to parallel & run on in longer unbroken stretches that the growth lines in ivory....
I would call it a sautoir & do not see any of the findings needed for it to act as the leash of a watch or lorgnette. I would have grabbed it.
Can't be - I'm clueless.
Have been mulling over the original question. In glyptics, my area of interest, I know of no single piece that I or other collectors especially...
If we're doing Cretan souvenirs: [ATTACH] I didn't know when I bought it.
As I remember my mythology textbook, Hermes was originally a god of herds/fertility/increase but mutated into a messenger of the gods, patron of...
You can just send the baby satyr one here, where he would have lots of friends. :) Think modern repros would not be bolted together that way, so...
The evening bag frame is wonderful, definitely a mix of Celluloid-type plastics. From ones I've seen, I would guess body of bag was knit/crochet...
Welcome, Luke. What leads you to describe the volume as 'rare'? As far as I know, copies of Peter Rabbit in various editions & in good condition...
Wonder whether Heubach would have made such things, a cousin of piano babies.
After watching that for 30 seconds, I need a nap!!! Thank you, ma'am. ;)
Welcome, @Msalicia Sorry to hear about the theft of your inherited piece. Had it been in the family far enough back for the hair memento itself...
@bluumz [ATTACH] It's interesting that my camera sees it this way. To the eye it looks like ordinary opaque black basalt ware. The reverse...
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