It really could use a matching jardiniere: [IMG] https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/42763300_rorstrand-jardiniere-and-stand Sold for $300.
This lot was passed up in this auction: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/pair-of-rorstrand-majolica-bust-pedestals-200-c-60d4fdd86e# [IMG]
Not a whole lot of help:...
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Ah, moon flask.
I'm not quarreling, just clarifying. What do you mean by very old? And how do you know/why do you believe it is? Quite an elaborate piece of...
Kosher? Sorry, no idea, but love it.
Also helps to be familiar with the Hallelujah chorus from Handel's Messiah, so that when you see what looks like BASILE BASIL, you naturally think...
Most of it is to me too. This seems to be Greek written in Roman letters, except for the X in the abbreviation for Christos. Suppose that makes...
If a coin has legible text on it, you can usually find it without too much fuss on the Internet. (Although it does sometimes help to know just a...
Closer: [IMG] Reign of Constantine IX, 1042 - 1055 AD. Class D bronze follis. +EMMANOVHA. Christ, nimbate, with pallium and colobrium, seated in...
A search for 'ancient coin king of kings' gets an assortment of Byzantine coins with this general look.
https://www.ma-shops.com/cdma/item.php?id=501576 Not the same, but looks like same lineage.
[ATTACH] Is the bottom word BASIL?
Forwarding for reference: [IMG] You would then expect the letter before that to be 'c'. Could also end 'llot', another combination perfectly...
That looks like a great product. I only know the outcomes of my current jeweller's work, no damage, some kind of clear, not easily removed stuff...
There is a photo of some others made using the same technique in this post:
@BMRT , I only saw this earlier today. I'm so sorry. Jewellers now are not accustomed to working with shell cameos. My guy is so aware of the...
There's some similarity to Mouhe, but doesn't quite get there. Hard to sort deliberate from accidental scratches. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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