That would be my guess. Hindu rather than Islamic. AJ will have a firmer view. Afraid the lapis looks like glass to me.
This was the first forum I ever joined & still the only one where I participate regularly. You've already jumped over the hurdle where most...
@Ldavisbroome If you want to make the piece wearable you could have a jeweller take off the hinge & clasp, or at least remove the pin stem, &...
I'm pleased. When I started the thread I hoped it would be educational as well as an opportunity for people to show off their pretties.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Welcome Ldavisbroome. We like our photos full size, lots of us have eyes that aren't so young anymore. Your...
Yes, she really pops out. She was cut using the horn of the shell, one of those bumps around the top, so she's quite concave on the back.
She's a sight better than a 1950s pretty lady or a 1960s Pony Tail Girl. I have observed before that cutters tend to be good with faces but not...
The only Wedgwood reference I have speaks of a marking system consisting of 3 letters where the third letter was the year. Author seems a bit...
I don't know exactly what the material on the back is - card stock of some sort? - but think it was placed by someone worried about the crack as a...
Ah! Got it.
Not all sundials are oriented horizontally: https://www.sundials.info/types I don't really see how the posted item could function as a sundial,...
It's home crafter made.
Would not be the first time Pan was mistaken for the devil.
I'd make him to be a full on satyr or Pan himself. The snakes don't make any sense to me mythologically, but are marvelous structurally. Like...
You've already been given good guidance, helmet shell, Juno/Hera and her peacock. They are her signature bird. [ATTACH] In the photo of the...
Maybe a sundial of some sort?
Does this mean a maid wore it? Livery for female staff? The photo of the back makes me think jet.
Perhaps following medieval bestiaries?
I have a little resin piece that is ojime sized, just not drilled, depicting a baby monster hatching from an egg. The critter is a darker brown;...
How long is the pendant? I also thought it might have started life as a watch fob. The scrape visible in the last photo suggests glass rather...
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