Do you have much luck finding them? I've never gone looking, I admit.
It's all nacre to me. Funny. I just always thought of it as a blob of MOP, but suppose that's what a baroque pearl is. Thanks for reframing it....
FAAU?
Weird, isn't it? They only had to wait 2 years.
In 1608 Samuel de Champlain founded the village that grew into Quebec City. It's possible the initials stand for French words.
Champlain immediately visible. @komokwa Do the initials convey anything to you?
Ah, I see the head of the pin itself was also threaded to secure interchangeable heads. There could have been a whole culture where friends gave...
I admit to having more than once bought a piece in part because I was fascinated by it on mechanical grounds. Unfortunately, many high end...
Think it's same as INH's, just from a different angle. Sorry. Just realized you meant specimen, not model. :eggface:
I thought at first that what was outside the cartouche were initials in Roman letters, then looked harder & realized they are also characters.
Looks like it might. I'm disinclined to try because the ring is so slender. I don't want it to snap off. Is your idea that it could become a...
OK, that explains that. Think it was made to suit either a lady's needs or a gent's.
Mine has quite a bit more paint loss. It says JAPAN in one spot. Where that box is by the tip of your thumb, mine has a cartouche with Japanese...
To get a cameo I wanted very much, I had to buy a fair sized auction lot of miscellaneous jewellery. This sort of qualifies as a find, something...
No, the bail is not for the bar pin, it is for something suspended from it. Think it only looks like it might be something that way because the...
The lady in the photo shows the fashion, although with a much smaller brooch than in many other photos I have seen.
Thou art correct. Nor brothers neither. But realized I was misreading OP. It actually says hidden drawers & I now assume this simply means that...
Keeps the servants from making off with the contents. :)
The fold out stand holds the lens at optimal focal length, so quite a handy thing to have. I like it better than either of my loupes most of the...
Looking at your post again, I follow it this time. The hinge for the earlier pointed pin is still there too. A conventional pin was replaced by...
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