Spot on, Bev. USPS are idiots, but you knew that. ;)
I loved the sciences, but I also loved languages and English Lit. It does surprise me how much I can still haul out of my memory. ;)
I had a good look at it, ola, and there's nothing suggesting it might have had anything else on it. Probably my shadow. ;)
It's a good bowl, whoever made it - that technique takes time and effort.
Ah now. ;) The UN state is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. There are four consituent countries or nations: England,...
British, not English, strictly. ;) I suspect it held something.
Nope. Onyx is Silicon Dioxide, SiO2. http://www.mindat.org/min-2999.html Marbles, including travertine, are an assortment of carbonate salts of...
In that case, a decent buy. I'd have paid about that, hopefully.
Known as scatter pins. Could well be an early plastic - I think 1930s or 40s becuse of how the pin is set. Maybe ten to fifteen euro the pair.
I don't agree either. ;) Cased is what it is: a layer of glass in another layer. And pressed glass can be constituted of more than one layer.
Thun, maybe.
Cameo.
How big is it? Cold to the touch or warm? Can you see through it if you hold it to the light?
Mandruzzato ones are usually sommerso cased. These might be, but the photos are far too poor to make out.
There's true onyx, which is Silicon Dioxide and there's calcite, which is the stuff often sold as onyx. Calcite is Calcium carbonate, which reacts...
I vote onyx. These usually are.
Korean, probably and very new.
I love Connies. Used to go and watch the ones flying out of Camarillo.
Dunno about it being Eastern, but it's definitely a tiffin box.
How interesting. The shape is based on an Indian Dabbawallah's food carrier. Also known as a tiffin box.
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