Would a wine bottle fit in it?
You can load photos into the Gallery, but really you should start a thread in the appropriate forum to show your items and receive comments....
I hear there's an unoccupied apartment in Trump Tower.
What's a little digression among friends? :)
Not everything in the universe can be found on the Internet. Not being able to find an identical machine in on line searches is not proof that...
To bring this conversation around, the seller of this ring described the material of the cameo as operculum. I'm not entirely convinced, but I...
This auctioneer is definitely not one of the classier sale rooms.
Maybe the "sticker" is like an exterior bookplate?
Does the other notation on the title page mean the book was the gift of the author? I only guess at Latin.
Hi, Kelly. Are we looking at the same thing? I see no tree, no lyre, & the female figure is holding the palette while she paints the colors onto...
Yeah, and scarce/rare are often suspect too. I nearly choke each time I see one of those resin cameos I have written about elsewhere (the ones I...
My impression is that no self-respecting Egyptian would wear 12K gold. Gold jewellery made for tourists is routinely of this fineness. For the...
Wow! A very good use indeed.
I like the look of the brooch the lady herself is wearing. I constantly see portrait miniatures called cameos, as well as things that are simply...
By that standard, so is French, unlike Spanish: camafeo. It seems there is really not one agreed upon etymology for "cameo."
To catch the rest of us up on what you already know:...
I don't know if this helpful in any way, or even related, but 'Kenmore' was the name Sears & Roebuck (later just Sears) used on appliances they...
Welcome, Pavel. We will appreciate the knowledge & experience you bring to our discussions in the various threads and are here to help if you...
I find it interesting but do not like these 'golden' ones as much as the ones that have more green. I think they have always been more of a...
It is, but that side is flat & matte while the side with the 'eye' is convex & shiny, like a cabochon. It's the shiny smooth side the mollusk...
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