Love the Dr. Strangelove vibe of this last one. The first ones could get someone Weinsteined. :happy:
My first thought was also chrysoprase, but agree: wrong shade of green & more likely to be dyed chalcedony.
Think this answers your question. And the set had added value just because it was a set, in addition to the value of the stamps. Do you need to...
I agree - I get a different idea of what animal depending on which part I look at. (Think of the blind men describing an elephant.) Based on the...
Says hippo to me.
My usual go-to site for silver hallmarks has been taken down. Think they may have run afoul of the Hallmarks Institute. But have looked at...
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/great-grandmothers-lamp-signed.22861/#post-307108 I look away for 10 seconds... :)
They are not Egyptian marks: http://www.ebay.com/gds/Egyptian-Hallmarks-/10000000178591804/g.html Several other countries in the region use the...
Pickleball. Sport or comestible? Welcome either way. :)
Is 'sepia' the word you're looking for? https://www.sepia.org/sepia-toning-a-milestone-in-early-photography/
Think its being marked as approved this way suggests it was meant for use in a non-PO setting in interactions with the Post Office Dept....
Suspect most people I know are only familiar with the word 'halo' & would apply it to any type of representation of radiance. They might say...
Me too. The way it catches light just isn't like my experience of plastic. Possible it is not just glass but crystal.
I see a lot of wrangling over the correct use of these terms, but in general the word 'halo' would be used for the indication of heavenly...
Ah, I see now. The overall shape is a cabochon, so of course the domed side is meant to face out when set. In gems from antiquity this shape is...
The most abundant type of tourmaline, also called schorl. Some tourmaline that looks black is really very dark green, if you get enough light...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/222613496343
According to IM Translator, Handelsbanken... means: commercial bank - always in the picture. And spillesinde is 'playing inside'. (Warning:...
I just want.
You are very welcome. :) Am I correct that the intaglio side, the side with the figures below the surface, has a raised rim around it? If so,...
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