When you said repo, I thought you meant it had been repossessed & [edit: I] was unaware of Himmler's connection to such things. I don't know how...
Yoohoo! Dragon lovers: @kyratango @Any Jewelry @silverthwait Donder & Blitzen...
I mentioned in the thread still being spun about an Orthodox icon of St. George and the Dragon that I had extra interest because I had acquired a...
You've done it once again. Scene on lid appears to be the same one with the wagon.
Or general nature of the contents it was designed to hold & disperse. Seems more country kitchen than kitchen garden, but...
How big is it? Is it canister size?
(My message is about the one in the 3rd & 4th photos, not the other one.) Hah! The Repo Man. I knew him, Horatio. Seriously, repro of what?...
Agree, unakite. About jasper: It's a loosely defined term used for opaque varieties of microcrystalline quartz, particularly when irregularly...
Perhaps indicating that painter knew before starting that icon was to have an oklad?
But Romanian is a Romance language, so Latin would make as much sense there as Russian in Russia, Greek in Greece.
Among my mother's things was a small collection of vintage photographs that I brought home with me. The sepia tone photos seem 'quaint', until...
It certainly is. All I can say for now is that it is not Helios/Apollo. Female, I think, & the ruffle around the face is merely decorative, not...
With. I like vintage/antique items that have some evidence of where they've been. And you can always take them out.
Seriously, the library is the best place to ask: https://nlj.gov.jm/contact-us/
Don't know if we have anyone who already knows this. If I were trying to find out, I would put what I was looking for - auction, tin, advertising...
I was thinking 'Apollo' but it was the radiance I think I see that led me there. Helios is an aspect of Apollo, as Luna is of his sister Artemis,...
Oh, and the decoration running around it is ivy leaves & berries.
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That looks like it might fall in my realm. Can you get a better photo?
You're right, that's the word I should have used. But notice it is the same handwriting as 'Gravé par Oortman. A label rather than a signature....
Separate names with a comma.
