I have a somewhat similar cameo in a shadowbox on the wall in front of me, a pinkish Gibson girl type on what does appear to be a black...
Funny. Google led me back here because I searched for the F.H. Bresler Co. I have a cameo framed in a shadow box with that same metal tag on the...
Oh, I'm glad you posted that. It reset my eyes & now I think I see what you see, & bald places do look like chipped enamel. I thought I was just...
My money's on sard/dark brown, but we'll know once she has had a bath. I still have no idea what 'ground shell' is.
Does the average eBay buyer leave the search at that? I always reshuffle either by ending soonest/recently listed or price high/low, depending on...
If the price was commensurate with condition & seller's idea of what they're selling, you probably got a good deal. I have no idea what this...
Let's give AI & others some help in future. Signature of painter Susan Overstreet [IMG]
Spill vase was my immediate thought. The cattail motif on the pump might be some confirmation of that, suggestive of rushlights?
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Suspect the American is sh*tkickers. Most Americans haven't a clue what winkles are, or what it means to winkle something out of someone.
The scenes on the one that interests you are done en grisaille, a bit different from the gold leaf of the Japanese museum sample (which they say...
He strikes me as a caricature 'Chinaman' type, dressed for work in a steamy place like a kitchen or a laundry, stereotypical Chinese businesses....
Chinese restaurant or laundry?
C Meltzer?
She does, & has a very good jeweller on the Upper West Side. Will PM book.
I think it's cool too. I don't think it would occur to me to test something that color with UV. The rhinestones, though bright, are merely...
[IMG] And yet notice how unnaturally Priam's cloak sticks out unsupported behind him and the folds are indicated by triangles. We cannot know...
The piece by Antonio appears to be an adaptation of one of the Poniotowski gems, & the majority of them are very stylized. See:...
Of the 16 cameos signed Vergé in my photo files, there is only one I feel confident is by Antonio: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is a whole...
Well, am now drifting down the Vergé rabbit hole. Somehow Sotheby's managed to take a photo of the back without capturing the least hint of what...
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