Voodoo cameo?
Bacchantestein!
:D
It's a modern copy is about all that counts. Artificially aged, so...? The label looks as though the name of the subject was filled in the blank...
Says it's copied from the best of 14th century icons in collaboration with Greek artists & museums. Think Greek Orthodox Church can be understood.
Here are the earrings for the blue: http://www.ebay.com/itm/392578848541 [IMG]
How about this: [IMG]
Don't know the first thing about its origins, but both pictures relate to Sappho, being crowned with laurel by Apollo & being inspired by Eros.
I feel like every glass scarab I see is described as Neiger Bros, to the point where I'm really not sure which are, which not. This is supposed...
Maybe a caduceus instead of a crucifix?
There must have been a pattern or a kit. My grandmother gave me a pair she made in the 1950s and she did not much otherwise do needlework,...
Me, I'm a heathen barbarian.
Attracted like a beetle to dung! :joyful: Agree with kyra on all counts. Not sure what the orange & white bead is; glass also? Not Neiger but...
I thought it was safe to assume the halos meant exalted beings, but did not want to assume the meaning was so close to western usage. Wasn't the...
The square & rectangular ones look like they might be for jumping.
@kyratango How should we read this? Manufactured in Japan? Made in a Japanese way? Are the figures a particular emperor & empress? Apparently...
[ATTACH] A shepherd's crook & a crucifix rising out of a crown - Good Shepherd? A candy cane & a fountain?
The eagle & the ox are symbols for 2 of the 4 evangelists.
Neither the mark nor the bracelet looks Egyptian to me. Looks like a table lamp & a J. Nice piece. I would consider high end costume.
I would try @Any Jewelry for this one. I do not recognize the script. Looks like it might read right to left. S_O_S may well be on the right...
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