Or here: [ATTACH] On this sort of piece I see marks most frequently out around the edge on the flat rim & often enough smashed right into a...
It's an odd design. Pinned on with the base of the triangle down, it is going to rock forward, so the apex sticks out & cameo might then be hard...
Thank you for your kind words. I get so much enjoyment out of cameos, hate to see people shy away from them because they think they are too...
Hi Ashley, The cameos are both glass. The second I know to be Czech; it is quite likely the first is also. This does not mean the brooches were...
The Casco people (they deal in contemporary Italian cameos) recommend leaving oil on overnight to 'hydrate' them & also suggest commercial...
He strikes me as a caricature of a monk, with a Bible under his arm.
Thanks for finding that out. More expensive than I imagined. Endorsements given seem to be from representatives of companies, who can of course...
Way back on page 7, post 131, I showed these cameos of Perseus: [IMG] and said: Since then have realized the part I was reading as possibly...
Not to soak them in what? If you can easily find a link or 2 giving that info. I'd like to see. These all used to live in salt water, 24/7. I...
It's not Google's fault that so much of what is on the Internet was put there by pork butchers.
Sounds like exactly the sort of nonsense jewellers tell people when they don't know what they're talking about. Exactly. You can knock it down...
Possible. Or pale carnelian. Jasper like that is sometimes called picture jasper. If it is a citrine & not glass, it will have started life as...
Not for the first time I have wondered if we shouldn't take up a collection & get a membership that provides access to contributors. It's not...
That would be my thought.
Another excellent point. Conch quite typically shows one or more darkened striations in the white, not so common in helmet shell. If she were...
I wouldn't. I don't think it can help, as I believe the brown to be the same material as all the rest & not a stain. There is the chance it...
It is probably Egyptian 800 silver & marked as such, quite likely more than once. [ATTACH] You're looking for something similar. That lambda...
Batty for bugs, that girl. :kiss::kiss:
Addendum: It stands out now because you removed the grunge around it. It is going to read to the casual glance as shadow.
Thanks, fig, for bringing that pic forward. It was the first thing I was going to check. Even if it is a hairline, it is not fresh. If it were,...
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