:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: That's the math Augustine learned on the Hippo campus.
Maybe I'm misreading it entirely, but dove of the Holy Spirit: [IMG] And this shape does not need the cross to have meaning to Christians:...
I have seen the word 'canted' used to described this.
Mmm. Oyster stuffing. You will have to explain this to Tweedledumber. Florida?
When fish have wings...
Looks like a cross between a fish & a dove. Since both are Christian symbols, you know my answer to your question.
It's probably true that this ring has never been worn much, but you don't often see otherwise well made rings using GP for the shank as it gets...
Think the one SIS found nails it as an inkwell, missing the insert. The holes would be for dip pens. [IMG]
Going by what descriptions of others we found say, initials are those of person who painted it & it is not home hobbyist work. BTW, welcome to...
Will make mental note that the term is used broadly. In my mind, fibula covers a range of shapes, & this bit snipped without attribution from...
A lot of wealth up that alley! See that, of course, kyra is right & it is Guiraud, not Giraud as site has it. They are all what I would call...
Pieces like one posted are described both as dresser boxes & powder boxes; inkwells by them are also turning up. Think g'g'ma didn't do the...
A search for 'Aladin porcelain France' was very fruitful. E.g.:...
Unlike Fortuna & Abundatia, Pomona has a story connected with her of how she was wooed by another allegorical figure, Vertumnus:...
Plique a jour was just invented for dragonfly wings. Absolutely the best use of the technique.
So it is a minimum of 100 years old?
Definitely looks like something changed below the level of the signature: weaver, or condition of weaver.
Another brilliant catch & fix by the French miracle worker. You must be buzzing with happiness. :kiss::kiss:
The imagery of Ceres, Abundantia & Fortuna is understandably intertwined, since an abundance of agricultural products is one type of good fortune....
Do you remember it as being entirely concerned with the afterlife & how a person's earthly life determines what will happen to them when they die?
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