Does it close securely enough to have held loose powder safely? With a little puff on top, of course. A little gem.
They're a regular trove of engraved gems too.
The 3 that are not the red hand holding a monkey look like the boxwood netsuke being made in China, I believe following Japanese designs & signed...
Big red flag that there seem to be so many similar pieces floating around on the market. Bigger red flag: sellers are located in Thailand. The...
What is that when it's at home?
Corcoran?
There is a grain stalk in her hair. It is immature, as Persephone is an immature version of her mother. Which is not to say that she never...
What a memory Mirana has! Added to Pepper's example, we can compare 3, which all look like the same hand to me. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Oh, I do, I do, as long as it's a cameo. The one way up does look like 'Silz' in his decrepitude. She's gaw-jus. :)
Here's a garnet & turquoise ring described as Medieval:...
It would be reasonable to look at Viking rings for the iron ones. Roman soldiers also wore iron rings.
Suspect it was the convention in that time & place for what a lady did with her unoccupied hands.
More generally, it means he is endowed by Apollo with the gift of poetry. (which was inseparable from music in Apollo's day.)
It also matters to future searches of the site. Use of standard terminology helps this.
That's just it, I wasn't understanding. If the swirl is what's meant, I propose "writhing."
Hello, MRV. What specifically do you mean by "attributed"? If you mean to identify the maker, think you're out of luck. I, too, think they're...
Don't think shellac is something generally available from beading supply places here. Thanks for the very interesting explanation.
I see "wyvern," "wryrhern" & "wrythen." I'm not a glassie. Please educate me. I'm about to fall through the looking glass.
On a mechanical watch you wind it with the stem pushed in; set the hands with the stem pulled out. On a battery powered watch, nothing happens if...
Sounds like you're describing a type of 'bead tip' I have not seen here. I favor knot cups over clam shells because I never get the 2 halves of...
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