Me too, that looks real.
Some kind of compound reconstituted with amber elements. That point light isn’t right.
It’s a giftware company and I’ve forgotten who, eighties or nineties.
I’m inclined to late nineteenth.
A late comment, but yes, lacquered mourning brooch. It was for protection and enhancement. I’ve a few of those souvenir bracelets, I’m fond of...
They both look late nineteenth. The engraving on the box is absolutely typical.
Who found more of my lost handbags, eh?
Something from the back of my head which I need to google, I’ve forgotten the detail.,
Oh lord, sorry, totally forgot. I’ll play hunt the book in the morning.
And me, it’s that peach worm legend.
Agree on date, bohemian is most likely.
I first went to Spain in the late fifties, then very regularly indeed in the sixties and seventies. Stuff aimed at the tourist market was in...
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Spanish. I’d suspect seventies. Given the subject matter is rather gruesome, that’s going to restrict value, sadly.
Beaver fur is astonishing. It’s designed to be totally waterproof and to trap warmth, hence the fineness and density.
Ah, gotcha. All trees have cambium, phloem and xylem, but it’s the way they’re laid down that can be distinctive. Those very fine structures in...
Poplars are deciduous, shortish lives, fast growing. They’re not coniferous.
Copy of ancient Roman glass. Some was made on Murano but LaFiore Mallorca also make them. Scavo is a technique, Cenedese is a maker.
They’re often conifers or related species, which is what this looks like.
Most welcome. If I do get anything from them, I’ll post it.
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