My first thought was "wyvern", which might be UK.
Interesting... and some arcane knowledge there.
It could be coincidence, but I wonder if these motifs might be bats: [ATTACH] A common motif in Chinese decorations and, if a coincidence, a...
Given the fineness of the cutting, the damage to the ivory is pretty much to be expected. I can't help but think it would be a fun thing to restore.
They certainly don't look worthless to me!
Can't blame a guy for trying!
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Looks like a Glasgow rose, so don't discount Scottish.
Are you sure it's wood? Looks bronze to me.
A very good compilation. Slick editing!
Didn't read through. Should have.
Don't have any experience with such things, but the knife seems a bit lost in that sheath.
$12.00 would be a bit more than a week's pay for a typical wage slave in 1904.
Not a artist with whom I am familiar, but I read about his lasting influence. There's few enough who achieve that. :(
There's a killer grey squirrel around here. Saw one once carrying off a chipmunk, and another time a black squirrel.
I wouldn't have figured that!
Got a Hollywood Regency vibe.
I wandered into a store once that had all kinds of huge and exotic bugs mounted in shadow boxes, but I was broke. I figured once I was no longer...
With a wine stem, you expect the stem and foot to be solid. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the description. Does the internal well conform to that...
Maybe literally? Take a decorated stem and encase it in crystal?
Separate names with a comma.
