Aul'Juan...? The end bits remind me of musical notes. What does the stamp say ___de cotton canv(as)? Also, weird to apply a sticker over a title...
They look hand made to me.
Definitely costume jewelry. Fun piece!
Looks like a later colorized lithograph. Maybe mezzotint. So you're getting both the hatching of the original lithograph, and the artifacts of the...
Now, now don't downplay the appreciation of a fine pantalette. :joyful: Certainly the artist was! :D (I will see myself out now...)
That is a terribly academic way of saying he liked butts, and I respect that. :hilarious:
That stretching job is so amateur and just....painful. I don't think I've ever seen one that crazy. :nailbiting: I'd say not terribly old based on...
Yeah the big bouquet shape is usually very 40s on, but.....that ribbon style seems older to me. Generally that fastener is considered Victorian,...
That setting is very mid century to me so that makes sense.
Agreed. I'm still reading my way through the Signatures thread and it's great to have it be it's own sleuthing thing. This mega thread is a great...
Familiar Sketches of Sculpture and Sculptors Vol 2 by Lee, Hannah Farnham Sawyer (1854) pp 178-190 includes an autobiography written by John...
Speaking of John King and sitters for portrait cameos, I came across this Oxford University Press article The King Cameos of Audubon recounting a...
True. Originally when I determined I wanted one I was considering it in the number of just female cameos in general, not necessarily the portrait...
Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore mythology and the neo-classical Victorian subjects... But the "real people" category always brings out more...
:eek::arghh: That is horrible. He did so many I'm sure had the same fate but it's still terrible to see. That one looks like 128? So even...
Hah! You are now shopping your own collection and seeing old friends. I know the feeling. I try to remember that I had great fun collecting and...
Yes! I was just telling my husband today "You know he had to have kept a record of them all because he did them for years and was very detailed....
It's really lovely! I think most wouldn't even see the missing dangles.
Another vote for silver with some scum on...whoever did it made a quality piece. It's really lovely. A jeweler could fix the pearl and the leaf up...
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