Makes a big difference.
I knew I had one of these at some point. Mine was VanBriggle: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not so pointy near the bottom as yours. I think a lot of...
Looks to me like it could be coral, but I doubt that has much impact on value. A crisp closeup of a small area might help. Why do you want to...
A griffin has the back end of a lion and the front end of an eagle. The winged lion is a very old symbol dating back probably a thousand years BCE.
The letters are part of the larger inscription "PAX TIBI MARCE EVANGELISTA MEUS", which translated as "Peace be unto you, Mark my Evangelist"....
Winged lion, symbol of St Mark. Maybe Venetian (or a souvenir thereof)
Not toilet roll covers. The first has a pin cushion body, the second has a cloth draped conical wire frame.
So do you think this is St. Justin? This design is not currently on their site (that I saw). The sun circles on the crosses they show are...
I guess it is a stone. Looking with a loupe, I think I see signs of polishing that I would not expect on glass. I suspect the material is softer...
Too bad it's not signed. Always too bad it's not signed. Thanks for looking.
Thanks for looking!
You think that stone is a stone? I thought it was just foiled glass. I'll have to take a closer look.
I'll see your francis abel william taylor armstrong and raise you a james james morrison morrison weatherby george dupree!
It's only 1 1/2" tall: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I showed these on the finds thread, but now I'm looking for info. Because these figurines are "dressed", access is unavailable to the portion...
It's about 8" across and 4" high: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's 4” tall, 2 ¾” across the mouth, 2” across the foot ring: [ATTACH]
It's certainly just a coincidence, but to me it has a somewhat de Chirico sense to it.
These things have all kinds of different themes. Looks like this is 'paintings by Gaugin'. Maybe in Russian collections?
Don't think it's so much a clown as comedy and tragedy masks.
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