If it is something they really, really want, & if they have the budget or a benefactor to buy it, museums/libraries themselves will buy/bid.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Edit: In case it makes a difference to your assessment, the setting is 10K gold. Think you can change your vote if you want to.
Maybe it's meant to be a place to park your headphones when you're not using them.
One per cent is 1/100; 10/1000 or 10/925 = 1% or approx. 1%. One per cent over 925 is 934.25. 926 is approx. 0.11% higher than 925. Percentages...
Corsini seems more likely to me. The ears look outsize to me: [IMG]
Naumburg?
Closer to 1% higher.
A jeweller might be able to open it for you. They have all kinds of tools & tricks. Edit: Never mind. Congratulations!
Or raised dots forming an arrow you are meant to be able to find by touch. It opens either by lifting up there or squeezing down there. (More...
There's that hinge again.
Are there any other numbers missing besides 32?
Edit: Oops, overlooked INH's Acevedo find. Mystery solved.
He did these Japanese style cats: [IMG]
Rafael de Panagos?
Contemporary of, or influenced by, Erté I would guess.
I did see & knew right away that the turtle was probably Asian. Yangtze softshell came to mind, but probably only because I'd seen them mentioned...
Really unusual hinge construction & very solidly built. Depends on how old you think. Not earlier than Victorian. Is this a mark, or just a...
The M below is for Mary.
What's really needed is a category for figure with neck growing out of shoulder. If you look closely, a lot of cameo busts do not look...
That would make one heck of a clothes pin/peg.
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