Thank you, Carolgal. That's just it, Ireland is full of them. I imagine the same views can be found on picture postcards. An eBay search for...
https://soulpainter.com/2015/03/symbols-of-saint-joseph-in-sacred-art/#.XTkLGHt7mM8 [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Even the most experienced people (I mean professional dealers & museum curators in antiquities) are very careful when deciding whether or not...
I just saw -thank you! Will say for others, that brooch, with its domed shape, is a type I see now & again, but with all different...
Hello, Carolgal. I know next to nothing about ceramics, I'm the person with the bog wood brooch. I do deal a lot in symbolism & imagery, so will...
Love the shade. Would think there is a high incidence of such shades getting dropped & broken, so perhaps this shade is not original to the...
Carnelian is a color of chalcedony (translucent microcrystaline quartz); agate is a broad term for formations chalcedony can take. Banded/layered...
Where/how have you been selling?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/621288605/drexel-sirocco-collection-40-chest-of?ref=landingpage_similar_listing_bot-5
Some examples. Carved jet: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Jet frame with shell cameo inset: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] A molded Czech piece in what I think is a...
I say jet. I see none of the discoloration or wear on the links I would expect from a gutta perch type material & it is clearly not glass of any...
Well, it's old enough that the company was still Sears Roebuck, not just Sears.
The construction of the second one is very unusual. What does it look like open? Can't recall ever seeing this before. Clasp & hinge on the...
Hello, moda888. I'm not one of the pottery expert members, but I do know you have to be very careful about items said to be antiquities. How did...
If they're lava, they were deliberately made to look very crude. They photograph more like clay, but maybe larger grained material was used. For...
There is so much difference in the coloration of individuals of the same species, it's really impossible to know with any certainty which one has...
Dick Whittington's cat?
I've often seen a bell on a cat, but...
He was much better cast as Simon Templar than as James Bond, IMO.
Agree - the stones are labradorite.
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