Unfortunately that page is really just a teaser for the 2nd volume of their hallmarks reference books, which are not cheap.
It's possible the white glass paste busts of George III & Charlotte are by Tassie. He had a proprietary formula for an especially hard white...
Even the Hon. V.B. Crake has become grimy with the years. I can't help thinking of Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake.
Wouldn't be surprised if that is her Easter outfit. Wonder if she hates that bonnet as much as I hated some of mine.
Obviously it's for keeping porcelain bowls in.
Agree with OBB that the ring is not Egyptian. Not all Muslim countries use the Eastern Arabic system of numbers. From what I have found, the...
Yes, I would.
Can't say anything at all without seeing them.
It's marked 21, followed by ? Does not look like the Egyptian national mark, an ibis, nor like a date letter.
You could say it's a patchy relationship. :D
Should be very clear, I meant the idjit to be me.
Problem is that Mouchi does not make phonetic sense in either French or Italian, while Mouche means Fly in French, confounding search.
Synchronicity, sort of. Doing a bit of Googling around w/o 'Murat' as a search term, found: Murat's Engraving 45 W 47th St, New York, NY 10036...
Do all those gears mean it has different speeds?
Even if one is the village idiot. (Homage to mother's favorite: 2 heads are better than 1, even if 1 is a cabbage head.)
That's a very good observation. Maybe its a Change-A-Coin brooch.
I have a brass gizmo that has that same barrette-like mechanism only, no pin. Think it was sold as being for hair, but my tentative conclusion is...
I see it more as _ache, maybe _aché.
Since this thread has been brought up again, I want to reply to this perennial issue: Here are the results of a couple of hot needle tests done...
Agree, that's why I didn't propose plant life first. Something segmented & coiled? Or segmented & circular? Looks concave to me on one side &...
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