Lady with a Gun looks like she is from a ballet. Other one belongs in Dr. Strangelove.
The other examples of similar necklaces that have been found show a double dangle to go with the double drilled head. I'm guessing your necklace...
I'd be wary of this. Can see the varnish contracting as it dries & pulling off the layer under it.
It is not to be dismissed entirely. It's a rarity in its own right; most of its sisters have probably disintegrated completely. It was mass...
It is indeed out of a mold.
I know of no reason why not. We see clear colorless plastics all the time. Perspex substitutes for glass in airplane windshields. I see no...
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It's some earlier polymer, probably no longer made due to lack of durability. Have not seen this particular one before. It is probably based on...
If you suspend this using the loop next to the hinge, does it hang straight?
I have no trouble seeing the pearls as original to the piece, if it did not receive that much handling.
[IMG] I think the cameo, when it came out of the mold, was entirely white. The background colors, an attempt to mimic helmet shell, appears...
Late-ish I would say, for the mount at least. Would not be strange if the cameo had been acquired well before it was set. The quality of carving...
'Lava' as used in the cameo realm is not the pumice-y stuff we tend to associate with that word. Although varying, all of it is finer grain than...
She's exquisite! An especially fine bacchante carved in white lava. These chip easily & as you can see from the back, can even fissure a bit...
Definitely Czech, but earlier, I think, than 60s, more like 30s.
I like the stone for stone, too. Does not look like glass to me; the vertices look crisp & undamaged. Freshwater pearls, I should think.
I have seen safety mechanisms that may differ somewhat in design but that work on the same principle. They seem to go with high quality pieces...
As in NM. Would be surprised if there is one in Minnesota.
And how could you not keep peppermint pinwheels in it?
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