Looks like a dead ringer for H. Aguilar's work...and the detail & finish are as good as his. Excellent, and Thanks!!
The conical cap is ~2¼" diameter; it's ~17" overall. The pattern on the ~.400" X ~.100" handle is repeated on both sides, as is the 5-character...
Thank you...Excellent and very helpful comments! I am Grateful!
This pieneta shows a great deal of careful hand saw & file work. Almost every edge has such markings. All the piercing has been hand done, and...
She sure looks like Jackie! Your Mom was a beautiful woman...but aren't they all?
She is ~14½" tall, ~6" across her hair, ~4⅜" across her arms; weight is ~199 grams. The previously post's referenced symbols (on the back of her...
Yes, yes...of course! But...Wikipedia just filled the Proper Name void: In Spain and in the rest of the Hispanic world, a peineta is a large...
She is ~12¾" tall, ~5¼" across her hair, 4¾" across her arms; weight is 202 grams. There is no signature, nor other ID markings. Note the two-bar...
It is ~7½" tall, with ~2⅜" comb teeth; ~7" (chord) across the curved top. Very well finished, some sort of early plastic; I haven't any idea what,...
Sure looks like Erte to me...but there were probably a few skilled copy-cats. Betcha some signature is under the matting. That one is Ver' Nice!
grumble...mutter...mumble...Sigh. It is possible, I suppose. Seems far too symmetrical...an' centrally placed. But...maybe, just.
Twins...or nearly so. This one looks much flatter than mine, and more uniformly colored; my corners are clipped. The two 'bulls-eye' symbols at...
Look closely at the 1st pic: that leg shows repair.
That hole is not 'natural', IMHO. A human person, however distant in the past, worked long & diligently to accomplish it, and may have shaped the...
Not Damien...and there are a half dozen others! Which??
Very attractive! Thanks for the look, Tucker. The string failed, it hit the floor and shattered th' frame...looks like.
Hit it with blacklight...the results, especially that label, may be instructive.
There is so much arcane symbolism on this panel that it would take maybe 50 pics to capture it all. There's also an enormous amount of an unknown...
The 'clasp' isn't rotating...just a strap hook. The cab is as cold as the wing against my lower lip. The mount, under a loupe, shows the 'teeth'...
These are probably Venetian (Murano?). ~⅞ inches long, ~⅝-¾ inches wide, ~½ inch thick...this group of 10 is ~8 inches long. Obviously hand...
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