Doesn't it say ENGLAND?
It's not that long ago that the price of pure silver would have been no obstacle to the profitability of making fakes/imitations if they had...
I was once in the office of a hospital president that had frogs of all sorts all over it. I said, Let me guess. You had 2 so someone decided you...
Clarification: by less fussy I meant less insistent on sterling.
It seems to me that if these were worn by occupying Germans, they were more like campaign medals, which would usually be in the language of the...
Why would Germans use the Norwegian for Norway?
Wonder if it could be bois durci.
I can be sure that Leda cost me vastly less, as the seller, in description & pic used for the original thumbnail, focused on the gold in the ring,...
There's a definite advantage in being old enough to be able to read cursive script.
My Leda is a copy of a work by Giovanni Pichler & so is this Cupid. An impression from the Beazley Archive: [ATTACH] The firm that I call, for...
I see Blanche is a granddaughter of Eleanor of Acquitaine.
I did so hope so. A really excellent piece, in every way. Well worth what you paid, I have no doubt. Was seller aware of the author?
Does the C clasp fold down? I see it does not have a permanently attached bail. It's too bad that detachable bails seem to get lost, separated...
Really gorgeous, PA, both cameo & mount. Could the gunk be aged residue from an adhesive label someone was rude enough to put on her at one time?...
Looks it to me. May not be sterling in quality. Historically the Middle East was less fussy about the fineness of silver than they were about...
I just wanted to see a little better: [ATTACH] The simple construction of the ring is not inconsistent with the early 19th century, but could...
Oh, M Eddy, I love hedgehogs, welcome. The stone is carnelian/cornelian, the name we give chalcedony (a form of quartz, which is also the main...
I need fewer keepsakes & more chucksakes.
Thank you for that. Albani, Reni & Domenichino all did work that became the source for cameo images.
Think how happy he would have been with a gift certificate for a lap dance. :angelic:
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