Apollo, hand cut helmet shell, some hairlines, some dents to the frame. Changes to findings on back blurring the age; probably last 15 years of...
I assume she is the personification/spirit of Dance.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/868089456/antique-brass-rooster-match-holder-brass?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_s...
Some sources say that if you put Galalith in water sufficiently hot (but not so hot as to melt it) you may be able to smell the formaldehyde. One...
India is my first thought. @Any Jewelry ?
Could you keep matches in it?
The item from the Pickwick Arms looks like a phone dialer. The name Ga-Li-Nor suggests a play on koh i noor & makes me think these red & white...
Agree, in a shade you really could call angel skin.
I would say it's a cat, just foxy colored.
No, no. Sorry if I was not clear. They are similar to a favorite genre of Claude Michel's, but I could not find any evidence that this pair are...
The stone is so vivid, even in that collet setting, I'm wondering if it could be cubic zirconia. That would limit how old it could possibly be....
I was about to write that I can't see the pix, then they opened up here. The 3-faced image is called a gryllus or gryllos;the center figure...
Welcome, Tnorahs. I'm wondering whether they are this sort of thing, vintage/antique faux amber from one of the Himalayan countries. [ATTACH]...
They're the sort of thing Claude Michel (Clodion) did so much of in the 18th century: putti engaged in various activities, in this case, hunting....
I have to wonder what, exactly, did one have to do to win this thing? Seriously strange.
Now that you say it, it does look like mother of pearl. I was operating on the assumption that we were looking at a supposed Roman antiquity, &...
[IMG] Brought over from first thread. Adam1, are you in Britain? As AJ (Happy Birthday @Any Jewelry ) said, the ring is set with an intaglio,...
And there will be at least a few people who pick up this tidbit from her post, take it for gospel because they have seen it in print on the...
Recognizing potential beauty/quality underneath grime is a valuable skill for a cameo hunter.
Niiice. And again you've given me some strokes on my little efforts at cameo education. The quiver & arrows obviously lead to Diana; the hair...
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