Are they each open on one side? I have a piece by Imperlux that looks very similar to a single one of these that is meant to hold a votive...
Could be that incorporating horseshoe nails or otherwise repurposing old hardware was a signature feature of this artisan's work. The halo also...
About this, you would have to ask Pearl. To me, nacre from any source, abalone included, falls into the general category of mother of pearl....
It is mother of pearl & Hollyblue is probably correct that it is from an abalone shell.
Agree completely with all_fakes & have deleted my remarks as redundant. The painting was donated to the Art Institute of Chicago by his son...
That's a question for Any Jewelry. I'm just proposing boxwood as the material. :)
Even if Jacqueline is no longer with us, the pieces are so clearly marked that you would expect, even assuming most have not traveled through time...
I'm going with boxwood. If you do a search for boxwood netsuke or ojime you will see it can be stained various shades, often just like this....
Could it be that some sort of projection process was used to transfer the image that reversed it? I have a print on silk (not sure whether it...
Think the gurus of glass will say no. Sun catchers (Christmas ornament?) have been made for a long time & continue to be made. The bit that...
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/4515905_5310-italian-continental-silver-horse-relief-plaque I'm not registered with this site, so do not...
It's a bit much to believe that there would be another person named Pickard who was in the business of painting porcelain & not related to the...
If you do a search for 'mccoy hands dish' you will see a number of examples of a similar piece with different foliage. Think this one is...
This pinner also needs to look at ashtrays, but here's another like yours: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/331929435020861064/
They look more like Fimo or other polymer clay. It would be an enormous project to inlay irregular bits of MOP in wood.
Hope this opens for you to the page it shows me:...
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Might Morano be Murano?
And I add my public thanks to the private ones. Brachiopods forever!
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