Can you get a better picture of the mark? My books are put away, but I'm pretty sure that style of crown can be found in Rontgen. [ATTACH]
Or a souvenir sold outside the hall. I hope the painter charged a surgeon's price.
Eiver Sund? Shows up as a Swedish name.
Do I pay only shipping and handling?
In 1980 there was a "XXII Congreso Bienal Mundial Del Colegio internacional de Cirujanos" in Mexico which, according to Google, translates as...
What size are they? Could they be postcards?
She's in the right place and the right time, but is she the right person? I'm seeing more of Ben Shahn than Renoir in this work.
They are probably not watercolors, but color reproductions. If they are old, they may be chromolithographs. If later, there may be a tell tale...
Fun to look through.
An African Bust, but I think of European make - so you might want to search Blackamoor, Moor, or Moorish.
My immediate thought on the white was polish residue as well, but there's so much of it and so evenly spread. Could it be intentional? If it is...
Very few Goodwill stores in my area. Used to quite a few until, by my understanding, it turned out that most of the good will being shown was...
Doing a translate of "santons", I get "figurines". Searching eBay France for santon, they mostly seem to be naive figurines of peasantry, a lot of...
called black basalt
If someone can identify the ethnicity, that's likely the best you can get. Probably souvenirs from that place.
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Scallop shell might indicate a pilgrimage site.
Michelangelo made snowmen, and Fragonard decorated doors. Botticelli's Venus and Mars was the front panel on a chest. A lot of effort goes into...
Nice pieces. Interesting the way the center bit on the brooch is anchored. Does it move a tiny bit?
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