The green one is so much nicer than the blue examples shown. Clearly a woman playing a lyre, so probably a Muse, Terpsichore or Erato.
IM Translator did that for me too. Maybe we're dealing with an AI sense of humor.
The funny thing is, Diana is the virgin goddess, protector of maidens, sort of a proto-feminist. The scene at the bottom of the plaque is Diana...
Yes, Joseph. The lilies he is holding are an allusion to his flowering staff. With Anthony the child is usually facing the viewer, not snuggling.
Sold for $500 US. Think it would have gone higher if bidders believed it to be rock crystal.
If I'd got this bit properly spaced & punctuated I would have made more sense out of it. Also would have gone better if translator & on line...
Ya gotta wonder what these guys were on. How was the first one described? Looks like all of Dante in one plaque to me. Diana has always been a...
Our of curiosity, how does lead crystal test compared to ordinary glass & crystalline quartz?
I don't have any hands-on experience with it, but have always been skeptical of the ability of a garden variety gem tester to differentiate...
Agree, Ruth & Boaz.
Maybe a reliquary, sans relic?
For most things auctioneers take the word of the consignor for nature of an item. Guess they don't have to take into account the wishful thinking...
Really interesting subject, off the beaten path, as it were. Here is the Poniatowski gem on the theme:...
I see glass here too. Wonder how sure they are, given the spread on the estimate: $200 - 2,000.
I'm with komo, boot jack.
Ooh, Deco a go-go. She's not their best modeled work, but think she is meant for Venus/Aphrodite (see left). Her greatest value by far is that...
https://www.etsy.com/listing/783905527/ https://www.ebay.com/itm/256400083692 https://auction.housingworks.org/product/245729
I'd call them 'hex[agonal] nut' cufflinks, but that's American hardware terminology.
Probably Mick Jagger.
Have never seen so much work put into rose bushes. She's just lovely & looks wearable.
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