It is undoubtedly elephant ivory. As far as I can determine, France was the source of these & Dieppe was the major ivory working center. Like...
Looks like coral.
Was doing a bit of sorting of my photo files & came across this one. Not mine, but you have to smile: [ATTACH]
No?
Careful, you'll be giving @Vintage Maven song cues.
Definitely. He seems to have signed everything that left his shop & the quality ranges widely. He finally got to where he could do some very...
Schmoll, signed in 2 places with his characteristic 'Silz' looking mark. If you go to the thread about cameo signatures, you'll see Jivvy is the...
At this point, I have nothing to add & everything to learn. :)
I like her too. She is newer, but still in the neoclassical vein. Mount is probably 800 silver, made in Italy.
Handmade & hand painted. That's the limit of my German. The P in PGH could be for porcelain, in German of course. Unless it is quite big, have...
I'm loving your mother more & more. Only reason I wouldn't have those chairs in a flash is what the cats would to do them even faster. Beautiful.
Welcome, Migg. Mine too. The black one in the upper left corner looks striking. She may be man made material, can't tell from here, but...
Wherever kyra goes, I go, most of the time. I'm following her here for sure. I can't tell how large it is. Lingerie pins are tiny; this must be...
Agree. It does look a bit like plastic in the shot taken from edge on, but translucence & color shading shown in pic of back argue strongly for...
Definitely not iolite, which looks like grey-ish amethyst. Some lapis has flecks that way, so it's quite possible.
Diana/Artemis. :)
Would like it better with fewer & better cut cameos. There are 19 of them (visible), none all that spectacular. Undeniably blingy.
I don't know if there's a name for a stone with this coloring, but when the under layer is black & the top layer is milky white, which gives the...
Found this Wiki bit on terra sigillata: Usually roughly translated as 'sealed earth', the meaning of 'terra sigillata' is 'clay bearing little...
Agree. Photos & verbal description consistent with labradorite. Some lab is quite grey with very little 'labradorescence'.
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