I love their salamander-like feet. They look plenty clean enough - no need to clean, unless you just mean wiping with damp cloth? I'll be getaway...
People kept hair mementos of living people, too... :) It's just stunning It could still be shell cameo. Meerschaum is a hunk of minerals, carved...
I'm nevah going back to briquettes!
Sorry, the rest of it, like the stones and the birds? Do you think the front metal is pinchbeck?
Have you tested any of it? It's amazing. And you got it for 5 bucks??!!
Seems like it to me... I can't fit it into the scene itself, but the smocks and caps the men along the back are wearing along with the bare feet...
You don't see crosshatch on the center bead at the bottom? it's wavy, but I do see it... I didn't check whether it's banned... I just checked to...
French ivory only goes in one direction... :) I really think it's likely to be mammoth and there is a limited amount of mammoth jewelry selling...
Very interesting! I would only be taking a wild*ss guess if I said anything. Hopefully this'll get a group rolling. I buy a lot of random...
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Details about Rare Sweden Military Navy Marine Officer Cockade Badge I assumed it was taken off a heavy overcoat, but cockades are normally worn...
You might look under book illustrator or children's history books...
I don't know why some of this series are marked as drawings - they all look like prints to me. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] You can join...
I never heard that term either, Afantiques: Fouled anchor. It is usually applied to the state of an anchor, which has become hooked on some...
The back looks like it's been around awhile.
There's that :) thanks! I'd never heard of Brass & Glass, until someone named a piece I was trying to price such. If I find it, I'll upload it,...
Awesome - another cool word for something I love, thanks Susan :) I was surprised to see bullion is the stitch, not the material... I was...
This stuff is called soutache My mom had a jacket with a soutache emblem on it - I was pretty fascinated by it. [ATTACH]
Hi Cluttered - Some articles on testing the differences between brass, bronze and copper mention possible slight magnetic "interaction" with a...
Sorry, I answered in the wrong thread?! But I'll leave it here, anyway. duh Hi Cluttered - Some articles on testing the differences between...
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