Could you show the stone against something other than your slight pinky yellowy orange tinge fingers? Think if I showed this to my jeweller he...
I clean shell cameos with dish soap, tap water & a child's toothbrush, so it's not going to harm a diamond. A quick way to restore glitter is to...
Flanked by archangels. Can't see anything well enough to know which. Probably Gabriel & Michael.
The central figure looks copied from Raphael's 'Madonna of the Goldfinch.'
I tried: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] When looked at this way, the pearls look like stones that were used in the building of the monument. Pretty sure the...
Museums are good about clearly marking their replicas so that they are not taken for the real thing. This may be a replica, but probably not one...
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I'm sure the device/monogram on the altar has significance, but I can't make it out.
Sold for $450US, better than high estimate of $400.
Wanted to see it a bit better: [ATTACH] Agree late Georgian/early Victorian. My impression, after seeing these over the years, is that you cold...
On the rat's rump. [ATTACH]
The Chinese are masters of reproducing their own or Japan's antiquities & making them look like antiquities. I would be very cautious about...
@bluumz Any thoughts, recommendations?
Yeah, that's text from the listing. Maybe I should put quotation marks around it. :)
Well, not everyone has been educated in my school. Unusual & very pretty frame, but https://www.ebay.com/itm/156421308944 [ATTACH] US $1,250.00...
When you get them, try lightly running a fingernail over the outside & determine whether it is a glass-like or a matte finish. Will be very...
Interesting that the design - looks like poppy pods to me - is sideways when installed as half a belt buckle, which I agree it is. Also agree...
'Chalice' is another word I would use for them. Interesting looking pieces.
I would consider 'urn' as another term to search with, in addition to 'vase.' The decoration immediately reminded me of the ivory carvings of...
You can do it yourself. Select 'edit' from below your message; then choose 'other options' (it's something like that, I can never remember the...
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