I know. I discounted Georgian, but still think it looks older than Savvy.
Apologies: answered his own question. I was sleepy & Slava seemed like a feminine form.
This is the same type of thing, except frame looks older: [IMG] SUPERB, ANTIQUE GEORGIAN MINIATURE PORTRAIT PAINTING ON PORCELAIN / WOOD FRAME...
See this guy won an award at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 & meant to tell you that just a couple of hours ago I was looking at an account of...
From the glimpses we get from the tidbits of biography that come into your posts, it sounds amazing. :)
I would not put too much effort into the Savonarola. It is really a weird, effeminate copy of the Fra Bartolomeo. There is nothing special about...
Is there anything on the back? Limoges was the source for many miniatures on porcelain.
It is probably painted on porcelain. Porcelain portrait miniatures are abundant.
Looks like a Bible on the leftmost bench too.
My ears are similar in shape, & I have long thought that with just a little tuck at the top I wouldn't look out of place in Rivendell.
I see him as a mature man, very different from [IMG] I would call the style primitive. Where are the dog's paws? If they are walking on snow,...
I've had a couple of similar lamps, one is leaning over me now. Neither seems as strong as 10X. Sometimes, when something is extremely difficult...
I find that approach is never successful in getting what you want.
Beautiful things here, but nothing with anything comparable to the cameo on the card case. If the cameo were set as jewellery, in a simple gold...
Thank you, Madame. :kiss::kiss:
I have tried to get more information out of them about the metal, whether it is silver that would look fine if it were cleaned up, or silver plate...
Welcome, Jacqui. I'm not one of the furniture people, but I can promise that when they come along, they will want all the photos you have....
Seller confirms, hairline crack.
That's all seller sees too. I don't see much more. To the left of the P I see a shape that could be an A or maybe a bell. Think there is...
I know - why in the world would anyone put her in so much gold? And you only need to spend a very small amount of time scrolling through...
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