A dragon. This is Achilles. If you go here: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/gems/tassie/default.htm and enter the number 9198, you will see a...
They're real, not part of the design, just age. They are superficial, on the surface only. Same with the coloring. They turn up painted...
Sorry. My bad, as people say these days. I didn't scroll back up far enough so gave you the wrong one. Bakers spotted it. The one to give a...
Compare the third one in #11 with the test. Disregard the coloring. As I wrote: Be aware that they can be other colors...
Brave girl to go first, but you need to review the course material in post #11. Take a good look at the photos, then come back & look at the test...
OK, pop quiz. Do you think this will sell? [ATTACH] Vintage Gold Filled Women's Silhouette Cameo Pin Brooch Starting bid: US $4,999.99...
identify the maker The name is probably that of the sculptor who made the original. The maker of the statuette is someone else altogether.
Starting the free association process that sometimes gets us to an answer. It's a variant on the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. May be an...
Cirth [IMG] https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/cirth.htm
I can see it from the USA.
Only seeing this now. Looks like Tolkien's Dwarvish to me. Or the common tongue (modern English) written in Dwarvish runes.
Since the title of the second one is a place in Germany, guessing the first says Hessen.
The title on the second could be Schwarzwald, Black Forest. And by E. Kirschstein.
And here I thought a Thaler was someone who lived in a German valley.
Sort of Jewelry Marks for Dummies, but a quick read with good photos of the genuine marks of some of the most imitated makers:...
Love them all, but the plaque teases the cameo addict in me.
Absolutely, if it is feasible. I know things may turn up at a flea market, etc. & you have to make a decision right then, so need to educate your...
Good point. Woke up & sat down at the computer. Probably should go back to bed. They look to me like you worked them through a buttonhole-type...
Think you are most likely right that they are cufflinks, ones that have been widowed. My only other thought was studs for a high neck collar, but...
This one is definitely resin (a generic term that basically comes down to plastic). I'm reasonably confident about the first one, but if you show...
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