It's the bit of 'hammering' I would not have thought of. Thanks for the explanation. Who's Stephen & where is his work sold?
Word to the wise, this is worth taking a look at: http://www.ebay.com/itm/ 273785493938 This is not a buy recommendation, but another one where...
When you think about it, how did maker get the stone in there? Think there's a small hole for the culet (the point on the bottom) & then 2 little...
His legs. And Holly is correct, it's It is Ariel, from The Tempest: Where the bee sucks, there suck I. In a cowslip’s bell I lie. There I...
Yes, seller gave the piece - it's a ring - rather short shrift. It is Athena; she has a satyr both on the visor of her helmet & conjoined behind...
I have made this gamble before & not always been right, so we'll see. The photo posted doesn't capture very well what I see about it that makes...
The sparkly, leafy band that holds it makes it look kind of like an Easter Egg. Had to buy it to get this: [ATTACH]
Are photos on the way? Great. Excellent. My feeling is that it is an actual stone. Something about the cut is different from the way I have...
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One can't, but toucan.
You mean there are 2 of these in the world?!
For some reason I was thinking (but not too hard) that it was MOP taken from a thick walled shell cut into that shape. But the surface ripples &...
OK - I couldn't see that in photos.
Thanks for taking a look. :)
Excuse me? Alright, seriously. An inch tall, half inch widest, about 3/8 thickest. It's all the same stuff, laid down in the same way. It...
I'm seeing OWJD, not a copyright symbol. More precisely, I see OW J D It would be good to see just that little bit hidden under the matte.
Well, it's mine now. Has to travel from UK to US, so won't have it in hand for a bit. A gamble, seller represented it as: GOLD PLATED Double...
The big event of 1906 seems to have been the introduction of cinema in Montreal.
I noticed the portrait on this medallion does not look at all like the more courtly figure that seems to be the standard representation. Not...
And I thought the movie It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World was strictly fiction.
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