You'd be amazed how useful one of those really long hatpins for really big hats can be.
I'm going to post this again because it gives at least partial answers to questions about what to call it, when it was made & what it's made of:...
You're too kind.
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Excellent! Living in an apartment, I soo envy anyone who has decent work space. Wouldn't mind having the degree in biology either.
This must have been one expensive toy in its day. Does it still roll? Could be covered in actual horse hide. Not so cheap now:...
Welcome Laura. What a great piece. What are you planning to do in your restoration? Will you keep it? Now, as someone who is probably about...
Not a cage for pet bird(s)? Does appear to be meant for indoor use & is decorative as well as functional. Or for really large cricket? :happy:
Definitely French, molded material, delightful Pierrot. Looks to me as though mark is this one:...
It's an interesting piece. The kneeling figure is essentially the same one used as the emblem for the Society for the Abolition of the Slave...
Think it says 'Studio-linie' not 'Studio-line'?
My best take on it is that someone loved this ring very much, wore it regularly, maybe rarely took it off, to the point that the stone became so...
She's very elusive, isn't she? Wonder if it's just coincidence that both water color women conspicuously wear crosses or did Broughton somehow...
Cleaned up it looks even more this way. I was also struck by how much newer than the shank the bezel looks. Kind of looks to me as though the...
My avatar is a cameo ring. Think you might mean an intaglio ring? Here's one of those, although it is so massive, I think it was made over from...
The amount of grunge caught around the edges underneath the stone is certainly consistent with its having been in place a good long time, as are...
The edges of the stone are remarkably unblemished for the condition of the shank. Not sure if this means anything, such as a replacement, or not....
Then I'm gonna go with sautoir until @kyratango corrects me. :)
The mark on the brooch at Britton's is the same mark, but surely S. Ward & Sons would be SW&S, not W&Ss?
How long? Sort of in the sautoir family, I think, but others will know better.
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