Looks like at least some were art school friends. Jane's cousin Suzanne did this one: [IMG]
In style it is very like a bracelet I have that was my mother's, probably from around 1943-46. Sterling, very solidly made, has held up well over...
I have already been on & on about my most exciting acquisition of the year & roped some of you into my mania. It's a long way from eye candy,...
Dimensions please.
May just be the name of the chapter of which Mary A. Nicholson was Past Worthy Matron.
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The rounded relief is what I mean by a characteristic of superior carving. Places tend to be flat in execution but these Bay of Naples & Mt. Fuji...
That's a good characterization of them. One of the things that distinguishes superior work is that it does capture the curve of a cheek, the...
Yes, often insufficient. She'll be fine with a bubble bath overnight. I've had pieces I've soaked, brushed, soaked...through several rounds to...
It looks like quite high quality costume jewellery to me. I'm not much for yellow, but like this. And yes, that bar & bow shape would be great...
Does the mark say 'made in Spain'? Love the squid, that's all I know.
Yeah, after it was carved. Should be reported for cameo abuse.
She is indeed conch shell. The distribution of pink is highly variable. I have 1 in a ring that is almost totally white. She appears to be...
International sign for No Bozos, a reaction to the forked woman wearing clogs. Honestly, how do these things survive?
Welcome, Catherine. By any chance, are you related to the John Tyrrell who bought a large number of Poniatowski gems in 1839?...
Last name could be Famus.
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The main body of the wand looks like it could be a beryl crystal.
It's a double flute, not a syrinx. Does this mean the rest of it is slightly magnetic, not magnetic at all...? This is a different one:...
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