I think they're gorgeous & would find reasons to wear them were they mine. Suspect strand & clasp were always together, based on how well the...
You're thinking she's holding the pot of basil? Think Italian cameo cutters would not have been aware of this poem, but...?* On my living room...
Is the theme here BR? Brown Rocks, Boo Radley, Bosko ____ The distinctive heaviness of the stone disinclines me to any quartz identification.
Does putting them in numerical order also order them by weight? If not, they look like collector's inventory numbers to me. Agree with komo that...
Welcome, ljlaash. The cameo is hand carved helmet shell with an illegible acid etched signature on the back. This etching dates the cameo to the...
Were they represented as actual Poniatowski gems? Did you find matches in the Beazley Archive's data base? There may be another Danae, but this...
Yes, that would do it. Sharp eyes, you. Puts me in mind of this exchange between Alice & the White King: `I see nobody on the road,' said...
I've heard of dogs used to find truffles, but jet?! Who's a Good Dog.
I suspect hematite. That would go with the heaviness & the red. I have never seen any that looks like this, possibly because this is not the...
A Goldilocks question: when you weigh them in your hand, do they feel: surprisingly heavy; surprisingly light; about what you would expect from...
From the same Hindman auction: [ATTACH]...
It most surely is, but have seen gorgeous shell sell for far less than humdrum hardstone.
Shell cameos do not usually fetch the really big money unless they are in an elaborate, costly setting. This is astronomical for lowly helmet...
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Are they identical (allowing for wear if they have been outside)? If so, cast; if cast, then something that was a liquid.
Welcome, Vintiquechique. We're a fussy bunch. We want pictures full size, [IMG] taken from all sides, dimensions, anything you already know...
That's odd. :)
Quite a confection! Wonder if barrel of gun isn't the watch key. And looks like it opens up to more stuff.
https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/mortals/amazons The cameo is aberrant in making the cat a tiger.
Love the look of these. Wondering whether they are comfortable to sit in?
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