Equiright would be the more usual way of combining them. My first thought was that it was an art supply brand name. Suppose it could be, even in...
Do I get to say, Not as much as Katy did for us? Can't read it if I can't see it. If I can't read it, not a chance in heaven of figuring out...
Is it a working orrery?
I could more readily be convinced it was late Matisse. Why would someone go to the effort of trying to pass off something so unlike any of his...
It's a start. Did not realize you were having difficulty making out individual letters/numbers. When you can, maybe better if you show us after...
It might be easier for us if you wrote down the writing, since there is no way to see it all at once in photos.
Hello Katy. My guess is that the bell is in some way a souvenir of the church/cathedral shown, either the building or maybe the acquisition of a...
Are those creases from having been folded? It is not framed now; is it even on a stretcher? Troubetzkoy probably did framing as well as selling...
'Credenza' is another word that comes to mind for something like this. Where are the legs positioned? I only see one & not another in the...
'Equaright' puzzles me. It only makes sense in English. Shouldn't it be more like Egaldroit?
I call it the nose rule: the smaller & more upturned, the newer. The hair rule is: the cameo cannot be older than the time when the hairstyle...
Various signatures shown here. Also pay attention to how numerals are formed: http://books.openedition.org/sdo/1171
Maybe. Not sure the Kingdom of Naples felt liberated.
I'm liking it less for gold if that means it is not marked anywhere at all. Color is very good though, & wire work very delicate, not clunky as...
Modern Italian cameos rarely follow the old conventions for the use of 'attributes' to identify figures; they freely mix and match. The Phrygian...
Hello, Paul. Can't give you any help, but what an interesting item. Hard to understand the bell, Does not look like it would tinkle while you...
Also a flower in that same stretch. [Edit: No, wrong, just some of the granules.] I'm liking it for gold.
The helmet shell cameo is very well cut, also quite modern. That is the Bay of Naples, sort of, with a smoking Vesuvius in the background....
Don't know the first thing but can see why the dog is staying well back!
Hello, Debbie. I don't know what it was designed for but, depending on size, I can see it working very well for something like cranberry sauce as...
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