Yes, probably more than we know, since shell cameos do not survive the millennia as well as stone. Some have made it. And yes! One of my rules...
Thank you. So glad we got your excellent observations. These are the 2 things that spoke volumes to me. The faceted green rondels might be...
@Figtree3 Great stuff & what a nice guy. I found this interesting: Twain's birthday was November 30. Would it have taken so long to get...
She is lurking. She has given likes to some of the posts in this thread, but so far refraining from comment.
BTW, in the photos scoutshouse posted, the first pair look completely modern to me, with Roman inspiration. The second pair look right.
This feels like a distinction without a difference to me. If you saw the central element, sans bar, dangles, ear wire, by itself, would you not...
Would not want to put those wires through my piercings! Must have belonged to a woman whose ears were very stretched. Triangular shape really...
Two appear to say 800 inside an oval cartouche. Italy, maybe? After typed that OP put up new pix & reading: So, 800 silver, but where do they...
Will post this again to set against your questions: [IMG] There is a bar beneath the cameo from which pearls are suspended on very blobby...
Ah, good. 'Imperial Roman' is used all the time to indicate a time period. It would be applied to an iron soldier's ring if it came from that...
Komo doesn't like the wire either. I hadn't considered it until you guys pointed it, my attention was caught by a couple of other things.
These are more for 'ordinary' folk, those who do not live a life that requires a tiara, but you may still need a bib:...
It'll come to you when you don't need it & are trying to remember something else altogether. The brain is a strange creature. :)
The underlying blue band looks plique-à-jour to me, but wouldn't you have to consider the forms on top of it cloisonné? From what I can see,...
I see these often enough but the Internet wasn't yielding up anything similar when I went searching last night. I had typed that it is a black...
Oh heavens! I needed that laugh. Must have been mortifying at the time.
Seller, in the way of someone who does not deal in antiquities professionally, is telling you all she knows about this pair of earrings, which...
Go to: https://www.antiquers.com/threads/small-ancient-copper-jug.36933/page-3#post-590507
Thanks for finding it again. It must actually have been one of Faberge's more modest pieces: no gold; not gem encrusted; the rather humble onyx...
I usually see this called petit point, not needlepoint.
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