It's not so uncommon for otherwise 'fashion' earrings to have 14K or sterling wires/posts because many people cannot tolerate base metal in their...
What makes you think so? Since it is off center, hook may be an addition. We have taken up how a lady's watch would have been worn with a pin...
An etui & a vesta case?
Whenever you see this riotous mixture of attributes on a well-known classical image, you can be pretty sure the cameo is 20th century, even if...
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We can only hope. What was in the mind of whoever thought it was worth setting, even if cheaply?
Nice piece. As evelyb30 said, Athena/Minerva, helmet shell. Cameo would have been cut in Italy; probably set elsewhere, US or UK. Judging by...
My personal name for this one is Bejeweled Lady. Only see her in Vulcanite-type material. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Has that Mucha/deco look.
Moss agate
Thanks, Don. In the name of accurate attribution, I was wondering what the correct name for the company would have been, perfectly happy to...
* This dab of extra material is opposite the unglazed patch on the outside bottom, although not a match in shape.
Mirabile dictu, USPS put it directly into my hands. The other miracle is that it got here safely, as seller is as unfamiliar with how to pack...
This one really does have a magical quality in the way it shimmers - fairy dust in glass! :)
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Place where a gas street light used to be?
Not sure you would need an improved safety plate for that purpose?
Covers for holes where chamber pots were emptied?
https://antiquesworld.co.uk/antique-furniture-by-john-taylor-and-son-edinburgh/
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As garish as the colors may seem in these modern repros, it is accurate for how the Amherst males look, as though done with a kid's paint box. OP...
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