Ye Gods an' little fishhooks!
That's beautiful! Wheee!
Verdad!
Seems y'oughta be able to monetize an imagination that rich! Yer inna wrong business, cowboy!
Yup...an' that rules out ivory, mammoth or otherwise.
The nearly incandescent light radiating from that doorway is a powerful focus...an' a mark of the engraver's skill. I really like it, bosco...thanks!
Perseverance Furthers!
Ain't that th' truth!
That was my first impression...and an engraving, I think?
Me, too...it keeps me outta th' pool halls!
That would be a marriage made in...heaven?
I'm not sure they're coral. I'll get a couple better pics in here soon.
...missing a central pendant... Yup...the place where it hung shows a clean cut; someone perhaps high-graded that pendant, or maybe it was...
Welcome aboard, Wendy...You will be happy here!
Might be...with emphasis on the maybe part...a lightning strike eons ago on sand or mud?
The beads are about 0.170" diameter; many show imperfect (off-center) drilling, which is accentuated by being so tightly strung that the string of...
Very nice find, cfh...I think you'll find they can be cleaned to sparkling beauty. I have a sense that sterling of roughly contemporary vintage...
It's almost 40" long; the beads are slightly graduated, 7/8" to ~1 1/8" in length. I believe the intricate knots between the beads have a name,...
A most interesting page, AJ...I did note one other lamp with 7 wicks. Also, the Ghendi (water bottles) in brass are quite similar to several...
Are 7 wicks particularly significant, as opposed to an even number?
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