Fabiola looks like Savonarola's pretty younger sister.
:turtle::joyful: I have one of these with a dragon I bought at a crafts fair from the man who carved it. He was surprised when I did not want...
I don't have any expertise in this, but to my eyes the etsy one looks like iron or base metal with sort of a brassy wash.
Not too shabby for $14.50. Think figure is just an anonymous modern miss with bobbed hair. That split shoulder design seems absolutely like...
What she said. And what you said: 1950s Italian factory made, including the the mount. The marks look rather botched, but no doubt the intention...
In a general way, these remind me of a ring I have that looks old because it is crude, but suspect it is modern. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wings. Could be Mercury/Hermes or Perseus. Here's one conception of Perseus, who was lent the cap of invisibility by Hermes to aid in his...
Think Schrödinger's cat is inside the box.
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Definitely applies to cameos. And signed ho-hum pieces generally sell for more than anything that is not signed, no matter how beautiful.
Here is the reply I received to a request for translation or verse reference: Surat al-ikhlas - 112 Vv1-3 (but with some omissions of text) In...
[IMG] Do I see a lot of napkin rings? Or is my sense of scale distorted?
Welcome, moon modern. Full size photos preferred: [IMG] What is the size of them? Not sure 'figurine' is the right term but don't know what...
Yes, hinged. But if bail does not turn 90 degrees, piece would want to hang sideways on a chain or ribbon.
Perfectly decent Czech glass, in need of a cleaning. Believe me, there are worse out there. When people doubt that, I always use this example:...
If color is native to the stones, olivine, tourmaline & andalusite come to mind.
AJ nipped in ahead of me, but I was going to say, natural zircon & man made cubic zirconia are not the same thing. Real zircon is quite...
Light is good. Not proof, but promising. Although gold itself is heavy, its value means that jewellers tend to use it as economically as...
There are other pieces out there also from the "Tanz" line, also bearing images of figures dancing.
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