Seconded. Someone didn't glue their knots but reused the old clasp.
It's too bad he had to drag the whole country into Revolution when he had good advice years earlier.
It makes me think 1970s decorative. Could have been made anywhere as "rec room" decor, aka basement bar.
They're probably too big. I run a little piece of software called Irfanview that allows me to resize easily.
Not the same, and Trifari sells at a premium.
This has to be some sort of replica, or one of same. The Smithsonian already has one of the original gift replicas. I didn't open the catalog...
Uhmmm... ack. No wonder the Revolution then, especially since he had a history of repeatedly breaking promises.
Monet usually doesn't sell for much. That said I'd bet this is a King Tut Exhibit-inspired piece. With all that enamel it was well worth nabbing.
One word for it! The carver got him nicely but didn't leave space for her...and then plunked a rock in between them.
No idea, but I'd wear that!
Classic "it's not a bug, it's a feature."
It's possible someone already polished this to death - if it's down to the "white metal" that's all she wrote.
Not antique for sure; I'd be thinking Republic period maybe. Too bad about the big damage.
If that's THE spike, it belongs in the Smithsonian, on display.
Same here. When stone is inlaid like that, messing with the piece is the plain begging for it. I'd leave it as the silversmith made it.
You're better off scratch testing with the 18k acid anyway. The results are a lot easier to read. Just scratch on the stone in the usual way....
That filigree design was often silver. I think I see a mark but can't really be sure. The stones were often glass.
Yeppers. I use my mail scale for mail, but some use them for other substances lot legal to send through the mail.
The cross with the glass/paste bits is what's called a flanged cross. I bet it's the old of the two by quite a lot.
Makes sense on her. She's made to be seen from a distance and exaggerated proportions make it easier to see who's who.
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