I found among my mother's things a small collection of vintage photographs, which she had no doubt bought on the assurance that they were...
It seems very sad to me that this has become just more eBay merch, when someone must have loved this child very much: [IMG]
I had the same thought: the center plate was meant to be monogrammed. I also wonder whether the ivory was cut from a larger scene or frieze....
If you'd like the entertainment of how we thrashed it out, see:...
We have a photo. We need you to tell us what we are seeing. :)
Olenin was President of the Imperial Academy of Art & then also director of the library. The engraving is on the back of a portrait cameo that is...
?? I see the same maker's mark, the monogram with about 4 letters crammed in. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thank you, April. Since OP says case was a gift c. 1930, is it possible the spelling reforms did not reach everywhere in the first year? Could...
Ville d'Argent seems to be a respected Dutch brand. You have a boxed set that includes...what? Fountain pen, ballpoint pen, mechanical...
The Bible is inscribed for May, 1872, with her maiden name, although possibly an engagement gift?
Actually, if I haven't gone completely cross-eyed, the two left hand corners appear to say the same thing, while the upper right looks like it...
[IMG]lp;'/ (Gilligan) [IMG] They describe this as Athena with a satyr-faced helmet, but clearly not....
Shouldn't have thrown stones at the seller's photos until I was sure I wasn't living in a Pyrex house myself. Have had a terrible time trying to...
There's a degree of similarity of subject matter. Shahn's style was not highly realistic, & some drawings are closer to cartoons, but the one in...
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Thank you. Supposedly all corners except lower right say the same thing. We're waiting for a photo of the odd panel out. I couldn't match all...
If the initials are also in Cyrillic, the letter that looks like a P would transliterate as R.
Yeah, definitely same maker & not a star. One mashup of a monogram!
The more accurately we can describe it, the better the chance of finding something comparable that has sold at auction. We're still working on...
I once boarded a very petite, light butterscotch colored, Persian cat, while her owner was away for Christmas. She was not a particularly shy...
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