Update...did an antique show today and the little painting sold its first time out :)
That looks like a coffee pot, a tea pot is "short and stout" :)
They could be glass (yes, I've had gold jewelry set with glass stones), they could be real stones or a mixture of both. It would be best to take...
If from the 40s it would be about 20 years before it's antique :)
JMHO, I agree those ships have an oriental look, not like clipper ships :)
I have a weakness for opaque Sowerby mid to late Victorian glass and don't find it all that often on this side of the pond. But I found 3 small,...
Oh yea, sounds familiar. I am #6 of 9, a huge crew! I gave up trying to fix anything long ago, I just talk to everyone but don't try to be peace...
That is just lovely, great job on the clean up!
Oh my, my family too. I am the UN in my family, I talk to everyone and hold my tongue. I think it's the middle child syndrome ;)
Without having the stone tested you can not be sure. I'm surprised the jeweler who looked at it for you didn't check the stone! It's lovely, I...
Pepperoni :D
Thank you very much Bronwen, that helps :)
@Bronwen I see a lot of shell cameos being described as "Carnelian shell or Sardonyx shell". Is this an accepted way to describe shell cameo...
The Horta always looks like a pizza to me ;)
That certainly has been true for me after following your cameo thread @Bronwen :D
@Donna HA you take very good photos :)
That poor puppy needs a good polishing :eek:
Someone like Bakersgma, when she says it doesn't look like silver, you can take it to the bank. Experience, years of handling silver, that is how...
I've never seen anything like it and I love it :smuggrin:
I started getting migraines last year. I looked it up on the internet and it said one of the triggers is alcohol, especially wine. Now I love my...
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