Correction: 'should have been 'made by Danbiere.'
It's an odd pairing, but they are correct, the one with a crescent moon is Artemis/Diana; the other lady is a fellow Olympian, Demeter/Ceres. The...
Will see what the others say, but all look like steels to me. Think your idea that they used to be buttons is a good one. All from the same source?
Because they are that shape, but cerclé is still an applicable term.
The one on the right I have seen far more than any other inscription on souvenir-type scarab bottoms & cartouche pendants, most of them not...
Well, I was right; it just doesn't change the ID, helps confirm it. Looks like she's applying a bindi?
Hello, Jacqueline. Hopefully a member signed up with Invaluable will come along & be able to tell you some of the prices achieved, but this will...
Knowing nothing about any of this, will note, drawing on experience with cameo depictions of Venus, that she appears to be primping, looking at...
Well, you weren't wrong, were you?
The term for pearls with the lines that are like seams is cerclé.
The other possibility would be the one for 78-79.
From what I can see, my best guess is that it is the letter used in 49-51 & again in 02-06. Arabic is such a delicate script, used in a tiny...
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Might it be meant to represent Aquarius?
No, I did not get any suggestions at the time. Off to explore the results of your search link. Thanks. :kiss:
Think search engines take your location into account when 'deciding' which results are most likely to be relevant to you. I sometimes ask friends...
More likely, I think, just to be a little section of MOP. Inexpensive, was once used a lot. Trickier to paint realistically.
Titian looks like he might have the right nose; wrong hairline: [ATTACH] On sartorial grounds, do think we are looking at a notable figure of...
I see MOP painted with what sort of looks like enamel, or something thick that will dry in raised dabs. If the image is impressed or engraved...
Hello, Flower. I'm not one of the experts either. But to me they look earlier than the 1970s, more like 1940s. The first one looks to me like...
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