Looks like MOP to me. Wonder if the heart padlock is original to it. There was a fad at one time for bracelets using one of them as the clasp.
[ATTACH] This is how a seal made with this ring would look.
I can't remember whether at the time I felt I was being snarked at, but water off a duck now. Quack!
They did.
I keep hearing, "Nevermore."
Rose, what country is/was the old house in? Answer proves nothing, but could be a clue to origin. Wondering if we are trying to make Roman...
The wavy bead is definitely faux*, so others are suspect. Grey stones kind of look like petrified wood, but may be a type of jasper. Purple...
Welcome, Rose. What a cool find. First we have to remember that the engraving is meant to be seen on a seal this way round: [ATTACH] It's...
There is a group that tests their faith through snake handling, but that's all I know about them. An Indian sadhu might also engage in this.
Kate, thank you for that. It's never too late to learn something interesting. I see scorpions too. Was the sect into consorting with poisonous...
Hammered for 130 GBP + 15% commission.
Would this still be called a moon vase, even though it isn't Asian?
Also interesting to see #82, portrait of Benedetto Pistrucci, a major name in the glyptics world. Too bad they don't name the author.
Yum! That branch coral tiara - Amphitrite eat your heart out! The ones that interest me most are 71-78, 16th century Nuremberg. This is a...
Your late friend had excellent taste, and, if she bequeathed this piece to you, your relationship must have been a very special one. On the...
What result did you get that was diagnostic of ivory?
The look of Schreger lines seems off to me, too continuous, too perfectly parallel. [ATTACH]
Me, me, me!
Welcome, cphammer, & thank you for sharing your gorgeous piece with us, also for the pdfs of the Art-Journal's report on The Court of the...
Reconstituted bronze?
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