You'll be the bell of the ball. It's probably closer to being what is now a size 8. Can't remember the last time I saw 'line dry' on a care label.
The clasp type suggests mid-20th century, but there may be other ideas.
A doorknob? Small though. Maybe more for a very fancy piece of furniture that had a latch or lock that it turned?
The less you can find it elsewhere, the more I think it's a custom design. :smuggrin:
All those little 'rays' behind the device are not at all symmetrical with one another. I'm inclined to think it was handmade & perhaps custom...
As you see in your photo, it glints red. Stones that look a lot like amethyst but seem a bit too blue are apt to be iolite. :)
Maybe carved rose quartz?
I'd bet on it. I think the back is original to it & gives a more finished look. Otherwise the concave backs of parts would not be very...
I knew you were one of us. Glad we didn't scare you away. kyratango is our resident restoration miracle worker. Take a little time & search...
On yours, the loose end of the belt is held in place by a loop called a keeper instead of being knotted back like this: [IMG]
We are not proposing your item is a belt buckle. We have made the observation that the design around the edge is a belt/garter, which you can...
Oh, of course. Most of the world writes dates in logical order of day, month, year. I knew that but didn't at the moment factor in the English...
#797 is probably one or the other of those, job number perhaps.
The sticker is definitely vintage. Love the pomegranate color & gourd shape.
It's Harlequin, not a court jester, but I'm finding only the Reuge version.
I have a beautiful intaglio I bought thinking it was glass because the setting, while pretty, was such blackened base metal. Intaglio turned out...
Not impossible the fabric is itself a memento, but have seen enough cameos with otherwise empty compartments that have a bit of coarsely woven...
He's exquisite, isn't he? Does not surprise me he is so large. Plenty of conch shell cameos fall within the size range of a typical helmet shell...
Bluumz has already posted the link for my more complete explanation. To summarize here, although it is called Byne's Disease, it is an oxidative...
She's gorgeous, & what a steal. This figure is usually seen as Ariadne: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/D4913B30-F3E7-4BBE-B257-7722293460FD...
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