Am trying to ID #2. It appears that the image is cut off around the edges, which means that the 'signature' (they were all false) that would have...
Nathaniel Marchant did the original engraving, he did not make the glass copy. The point of intaglios is kind of that they can make copies of...
Pan Looks like a copy of a Poniatowski gem but I don't recognize this one right off. Male may be Apollo. Cupid chained. Looks like there could...
I just like the idea of amber in a bug instead of a bug in amber.
Can't see the A being part of PAX, leaving the omega all on its own, unless you were meant to use the A in both ways.
And I was thinking a dyslexic mosaicist got his chi rho reversed. On a class trip to the Jewish Museum, the guide was showing us a tiled floor...
Gonna look great when you start using it for its intended purpose & it has all that wax dripping down. :D
Is it magnum size? Larger? Always wanted to see a jeroboam.
You're 60ish, the ring is 60ish, that's something. Does she especially like rubies, or is it her birthstone (July), or are you planning to marry...
It would be a date letter. Given the wear to the marks, I can see it as possibly a lower case a, rather than a P. With nothing much left except...
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I'm with MOS: souvenirs of Tut exhibitions, different years, different institutions....
It's second to hers. AJ is very much a lady. ;)
More Quan Yin I would guess. @Any Jewelry is our guru on this. You are correct that the greenish oxidation in indicates the presence of copper....
Looks to me like there used to be enamel or some such in those empty spaces either side of the middle.
We can't judge whether or not it is comparatively heavy if we don't know the size.
the history of cameos and their popularity are well documented. No, it is not. kameynye shell This beast is completely unknown to Google, unless...
Isn't that what we've been writing here? :D The biggest problem I see with the books that are out there is that they try to be comprehensive -...
Worth having to wipe the drool off your chin to take a look:...
It does not look suited to either drinking or pouring out of. More like an open sugar bowl. Someone will come along with a better idea. Pretty...
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