https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/16993157-beautifully-ornamented-cast-iron-door-knocker-with-the-face-of-artemis-circa-1970 "This is a real...
I mounted a vintage doorknocker that has sort of a Bacchus figure on it on my apartment door because I can't always hear someone knocking with...
The crescent moon suggests Diana. It's just that the moving part of the knocker has been styled along the lines of Hercules' lion skin with the...
Egyptian. The 'bell' is a lotus blossom, the Egyptian national mark for silver used 1946 onward. The Arabic letter on the far right indicates...
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Aggies.
This is where my thoughts were going too - hot rum, with or without butter.
Now I get to: 'along with a piece of him discussing the boer? war...'
I'm just checking in for the first time today & see another anatomical listing ahead for stone balls. One of those days.
Most of the elements can be worked into the triumphal procession motif with little difficulty, my 'philosophers' might be senators, the poor bull...
It's based on Antonio Canova's Hebe.
The original meaning of the word 'hacker'. I too always wonder why anyone would bother setting such a thing. I don't collect photos of...
Although also very fanciful in imagination, the description of the scene on the cup as being a Roman triumphal procession is essentially correct....
'Let her wear it' would have been a better choice of words. :shame:
Was supposed to say 'one of our jewellery specialists'. This one is 'angelskin' coral: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not sure this link will open for...
The case & band look to be of the same type as watches I bought from street vendors in the 1980s for under $10/ea (more like $5, I think). They...
Apart from the floral pendant, the cameos are all cut in helmet shell. The marks on the pendant are incomplete but Italian, from the end of WWII...
They had banded agate available to them, but were willing to work it cross grain, you might say: [IMG]
Print dealers will cannibalize old books for the illustrations & sell them matted.
Hi - Can't write at length now, will get back to you. Rose pendant appears to be ivory.
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