We love little tidbits of this type & conversations often wander as we follow them up. My 'who knew' was said in earnest; never knew there was a...
I'll second that. Not the same shade, but as an example, this is Minton: [ATTACH]
I definitely see a G. Fineness mark on the clasp tongue looks more like 900 to me. Assay office is most likely to be Cairo, although AJ is...
Thank you. Pix I took were done pretty much that way, except light source was sunlight filtered through a window coated with city-grime. Maybe...
More like Queen of Denial. This guy, located in Cyprus, sells on eBay as 'kammee'. His listings have become less deceptive than they used to be,...
Similar ones I can find on line are all described as Spanish conquistador style or as South American/gaucho. This was more about riding side...
Think I better put an explanatory note on the back of the pastel portrait of me as a 4 year old in that year's Easter outfit. My mother attached...
Yes, a fragment of abalone shell.
Others will bring some actual knowledge to the topic. My one thought is that medium could be chalk? My other is how much market is there for...
Christening dresses get handed down in families, so age of dress not necessarily indication of when the christening took place. The baby could be...
Sickening. A 'botched robbery' just when he was writing up his findings? Guess an assassin would have come armed with more than a knife & would...
why It is very pretty. Suspect that is a large part of why my mother would have bought it, even though unmarked. Your mother's piece, with its...
See no reason it would not be his. On his site, I notice that the copyright notice for the pastel page is for 1970 - 2012, so the year of your...
These pix do not capture the color well, just putting them up for comparison. The top one is 6.25" & I see is marked Weiss. That & the unmarked...
It meets the conventions for depicting Venus/Aphrodite.
Thank you, Aquitane. I have many favorites in my collection, but she's definitely right up there. Found I do have, in my cameo photo archive, a...
This piece is a mash up of Raphael's Madonna della Sedia, Madonna del Cardellino & seemingly at least one other, yet to be identified. [ATTACH]
How big? The image appears to be a reproduction of a vintage jar label, something that would not have been a likely home decor choice until it...
Faintly, from deep recesses of the mind, a voice is saying it reminds me of a hand puppet seen in early childhood.
I don't know about anyone else, but Google & I don't know what this is.
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