Of course wee is much harder to do well than large, but we love large. Quality of engraving, condition, value of mount? I paid sort of silly...
She is not one of mine, I'm afraid. I'm hopelessly biased toward mythological subjects, 19th century & earlier. The flappers are really rather...
I started my web site because there are so many cameos out there & so little easily found info. I have expressed my opinion of most of the books...
Sounds more like a weapon than a bell!
I'd go steatite (soapstone) on the scarabs. Is the stone in the ring sort of flat on top or just catching the light funny? Could be jasper, but...
Was it the actual clapper that was a cross or was the cross attached below the body of the bell to catch the wind? That's one heavy bell & does...
I find there are cutters who do hair well & ones who do faces well, but only the best can do both. With Schmolz, again & again, you think about a...
This one (scroll way down) looks like dripstone to me: https://www.rubylane.com/item/173699-RP-17-101/Victorian-French-Pipe-Clay-Carved-Display
It just takes some experience. It's easier to tell from photos what material something is when you've also had the direct experience of holding...
The earring cameos are like a lot of his bacchantes in being good, but falling short of excellent. Now & then he seems to have been in the...
Follower of. [ATTACH] Your girl has a surprisingly art nouveau quality to her.
The big traveling King Tut exhibition was at the Met in 1976.
Expect you know it is not Medusa. Could be Dionysus/Bacchus, but think more likely a follower, a maenad/bacchante.
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Ah, so 'ormolu' is another search term.
Just to clarify, central medallion is also wood? [IMG]
I don't know how I missed this earlier. He looked more at home in his Star Fleet uniform.
I don't have circulatory issues, but seem to have some problem with this too. Thank goodness I don't have to operate them with my toes - I'd...
If this doesn't exist, it should.
Would not be the least bit surprised if there were a confusionite, or perplexite.
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