If I want to keep my toes, Woodside has to be relocated, and Eddie would be freaked out to find my feet in his pond. :turtle::turtle:
To state the obvious, it does say 'Swiss made'. Is the face what is called 'engine turned'?
Not odd. They both engraved the name on the front, on shell as well as on hardstone cameos and it is always easy to read. Think seller was aware...
Probably did whole listing by smart phone. Minimal info, no notice of signature, price already over the top.
As promised, latest member of the family, Flora type, signed by Charles Schmoll with the 'Silz' variant of signature. As sold: [ATTACH] Seller...
Was just about to put this up in the Show & Tell thread as part of a post. Will add it here for comparison: [ATTACH] Quite right, not Silz/Schmoll.
'Ormolu' is a method of gilding involving mercury. Extremely unlikely it was used for this piece.
Don't know the first thing about it, but, given your member name, can see why you had to have it. :) I like it too.
Humorous coda. Just saw this. Love that Joseph has a hat like an Italian peasant: [IMG]
I'm getting a Mexican 'onyx' vibe from both stone & carving.
She also has a special attraction to the smiles of people who have a gap between their top front teeth. She told me who a couple of them were but...
@Jivvy What do you think of this? Schmoll? I've cropped & rotated but left pic otherwise unaltered so you can do your stuff: [ATTACH] This is...
She said that she wanted anatomical accuracy, so told young man who cuts the cameos for her to get his out & use it for a model....
I could so use one of these, customized for cameos. Is it essentially a sheet music cabinet with inserts for coins?
Met Katherine Wallach (daughter of Eli) & saw her work for the first time this past weekend. Of course spotted the cameos first & asked if they...
I'm only seeing this for the first time now. Looks like an assortment of microcrystalline quartz stones; whether they would be called jasper or...
In this weather, want to spend all my time in the shower. Alas, the turtles have a time share on the tub. Still see a teensy bit of crud at the...
My understanding of a simple acid test for silver is that it is A) not highly precise & B) does not require a purity of 925 of more to give a...
Is it marked as sterling somewhere I'm not spotting? Think it was probably set in Italy & likely to be 800 silver. Another thing to consider in...
I was wondering whether they were like the Howard Johnson's restaurants at rest stops on the interstates. Must have been the only place around...
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