Can you get a closer look at the mark for us? A good way to tell proper Art Deco from the revivals is the decorative bead lines are rounded on...
Has to be deep enough for a laptop or a monitor and keyboard....and if you have a fancy enough set up you want somewhere to hide the tower...
I once had a couple frame a piece of drywall that had a butt "print" in it from where their son crashed into the wall. They said he was graduating...
Hmm! What do the raised letters mean? I thought 22k piqué work might indicate the material was a higher expensive stuff like the real thing.
Hah yeah...you can get some lead for the lead holder if you wanted to use it as a pencil. Look for drafting lead. Comes in various thicknesses and...
The nibs all look fairly recent to me. 21st or late 20th c. The ink knife and lead holder look closer to age appropriate.
Sorry I should have been more clear. Real or faux tort :turtle::turtle::turtle:?
I need to go where you are! Combs with inlay...real or faux?
Here's the cameo version of him that I have. It's from around the 1860s, likely after a medallion image. [ATTACH] The guy who sold it to me...
Can you stamp the image?
I thought she reminded me of the Arethusa types, but lacking any sea theme or the interesting "trident" looking earring she sometimes has, I...
Only a suggestion. I don't collect bottles or napkin rings so I'm no expert.
Nah, boys love a good "secret club." :rolleyes: It's the symbol of a number of fraternities like Phi Kappa Sigma and Skull and Bones at Yale. I've...
Fun gimmick gifts don't have to be practical. People got sold on the "look smoke comes out the top!" and bought it as a gift to others, no doubt....
It's not really that pricey, especially if you do a lab created stone. I would only repair it if I was going to wear it though. And it's quite...
Decorative collar from a bottle?
Agreed on getting it polished. It's a rock that you wear for the play of light. In this case it makes sense.
This was part of a couple of lots of forlorn cameos I bought off a uk seller who apparently valued the gold more than a complete item. :rolleyes:...
It is very funny to me to see places like Anthropologie trade in "vintage" and "cottage/granny core" and make glasses and kitchenware that looks...
What a lovely photograph! It came out so well.
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