Then there's that museum curators' favorite cleaning agent: spit.
@Simona Buhus Once she has had her bath & is ready for her closeup, could you also try to get a clear image of her from the side, showing the line...
The presence of Schreger lines would have confirmed the material as ivory; their absence proves nothing. Do you know the 'tooth test' used as a...
Excellent, Mirana, even though it means I have to eat my words. @Simona Buhus Sorry, but your seller was correct & the piece is glass, very well...
For the range of gentlemen's hair & neckwear: https://www.pinterest.com/cameotimescom/cameo-portraits-of-victorian-gentlemen/
Looks like Horace valued every hair he had left & let them do what they wanted. Makes Einstein look well groomed.
This crossed my mind, but didn't have any glyptic examples for any of them. Guess we can rule out the whiskery ones. The one thing about...
She has an ancient origin: https://www.ebay.com/itm/334855549848 [ATTACH]
A very good price for what you got. A fair price for what seller thought they were offering. I have more than once acquired a nice hardstone...
Your description is consistent with sardonyx, hardstone, both the deep red under strong light & appearance of blue at the edges, which is really a...
George Washington died in 1799. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, if that is what's meant, was just a twinkle in John Jay's eye in 1866. This...
Hanau typically distinguishes itself with a plethora of important looking pseudomarks. Yours seems marked very honestly.
Anyone know where the remote control for my space heater is? Thought I'd ask, just in case. At ease. Found it, although it seems to need a new...
The question in my mind was when did Avon first get into the jewellery business? Google obligingly told me: What years did Avon make jewelry?...
No hot needles, please! Ivory is dense & heavy for its size. It may show either of the growth lines mentioned above or be quite featureless....
If you mean the Schreger lines that give that engine turned look, they do not show in all sections of tusk. Is this what you mean? [ATTACH]...
The double ("jugate") cameo looks like Victoria & Albert. The lone female also looks like Vic, but don't recognize the other male....
Personal taste/opinion, but I would take a Sunshine cloth (tarnish remover wipe) & apply it lightly to the edge panels to brighten the ridges,...
I lost a dessert size glass plate for weeks & only found it when I moved something while looking for something else. The plate was in between.
You're asking about the setting. Not my area of expertise. It's a classic design, the gold roping accent on silver.
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