I’ve been down rabbit holes. There’s a colour called roasted old beeswax which is quite close on some examples.
Try Roseberys Charlie. They sell a lot of Indian art.
Indian silver sells very well in the U.K., the diaspora and descendants love it. And it’s beautiful.
Absolutely an oil lamp.
Oh, splendid. It’s not a colour I’ve ever seen before. From a distance with the banding, I almost thought it was an agate, till I picked it up and...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Surely. It's greenish yellow, quite similar to how some ambers behave but not the same. I do think the beads are organic of some...
I think it's super and has some age. I need to work out how it joined together. I can absolutely understand the neck feel thing.
These were cheeeep. I thought at first that the amber were plastic with that modern clasp, but the UV torch spoke otherwise. The other set has a...
The Clever Blokes I buy bits from sometimes hold things back for me. This was one of them. (They also STILL miss bits. I bought a HUGE bag from...
I associate that number style with Austria and Germany.
Studio or even amateur I suspect.
I was thinking Persian too, but I agree with aj, tricky to attribute. I do think it’s silver.
Part of a garniture.
I’m old enough to have used film cameras, and even did some black and white develope and print. I do find a real camera easier to control.
Common limpet, which is a form of snail. They move around! Eat algae and barnacles and stuff. Some are quite edible, too. barnacles are odd...
The lens is the crucial thing. I’ve a Panasonic with a leica lens. Excellent thing.
I did an advanced marine zoology field course many many years ago. The creatures that live on bivalves and other molluscs are generally symbionts...
Many of the vases attributed to Mandruzzato aren’t. They only made the clear cased ones. And Scandinavian makers did them too. Not surprised...
I see so many like this, but can never pin them down.
See, this is why I like a real camera. ;)
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