You may still have to wade through some things, & make sure you are choosing the right one, but using the 'find' function makes it less tedious.
Apparently, if you type :, & follow it with p, you get that imogi. :p
Exploring your tip, I took a look, not at the page source, but at 'View Page Info', another option you get by right clicking on the page (but away...
Think you have most of it figured out: Silvestre sculpted the originals; Susse Frères (Susse Brothers) had them made. The remaining question is...
Maybe @drg642 can check for it, out of her very kind offer to share Worthpoint access? :)
Welcome, Judy. At that size, since it seems to be right way up when hung by the hook, wonder if it isn't an old bell pull.
Fourth photo shows the more narrowly angled Schreger lines of mammoth ivory, as shown on the FWS site. Agree the base is a cross-section of antler.
Another auction house euphemism: Small Victorian gold mounted cameo portrait brooch set seed pearls in original box (box at fault).
It's not a Cubist piece, it's just that Hagar's face reminds one of Picasso. It could almost be the design for a stained glass window. Hagar &...
Maybe framed a card with the name of the occupant of the cabin?
There is also the difference in age, rank & skin color of the woman on the left & the other two figures.
Thank you. Both are stone. The agate has to be treated to get a really black background layer, rather than dark brown. The one with the...
At least, if you had had one to sell, you would have stood some chance of correctly recognizing it as plastic! :)
Sorry - showing my own bias. It always amazes me that sellers can mistake these for shell. They are a better simulation of hardstone. Makes me...
No, just a fancy 'do: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460064&partId=1 She was a...
Seriously impressive. Shows it never hurts to ask - you might actually get an answer. :)
The shade of pink is not right for coral. These are more likely to have been cut from conch shell. The pale orange on these is consistent with...
They are as alike, equally as flat, as they can be. Quality of setting is something to take into account when assessing the quality of a cameo,...
The serpent has been a symbol of wisdom across time & cultures. (And in some cultures the owl is the symbol of stupidity.) It seems to me to be...
Actually, if that's a crescent & not a casting flaw at the upper front of her diadem, would have to go with Diana/Artemis. [ATTACH]
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