From the shape I would say the brooch is a shawl pin. Don't think they've made these in Stella McCartney's lifetime.
Maybe. But it's a virtual certainty that my glass intaglio is a direct copy of some other gem & not in any way original itself. Back to...
Thought so. Ben Livingston is Navajo. The feather in the bundle made me suspect. Other 2 may still be Zuni.
[ATTACH] A dead link says this one is by Ben Livingston. Artist: Navajo Fetish carver Ben Livingston Medium: Alabaster with turquoise eyes/...
I refer to my own as carvings because I do not treat them as religious objects. However, if I were selling, would have to include 'fetish' in the...
Ram with heart line; badger; bear. All with a medicine bundle. Badger & bear look like selenite.
Just spent some time searching several different sources, thinking this figure would readily turn up. Very surprised not to find it right off....
Erratum: [IMG] I knew there was someone else. As usual, was looking for something else in the Paoletti glass impressions & came across this...
Really hard to say. Think it could be any time in the second half of the 19th century. My only thought that might narrow it down at all is that...
But then yours is an intaglio. If you made an impression from it, the result would face the same direction as Thorvaldsen's Night relief.
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