I'd be interested if I didn't already have one. [ATTACH] I might also be interested if it were signed, but does not appear to be. Nonetheless,...
Despite the lousy photos, think this is going to do better than estimated....
I put the photo into an editing program so I could get a better look, trying to refocus my eyes to see other possibilities, but in the end could...
The piece that looks like carved coral could be glass, could also be Celluloid or similar. I have seen extremely convincing pieces in both...
Probably the most famous maker of these was James Tassie, a Scot who set up business in London in the second half of the 18th century. His nephew...
Anyone else finding that Google is not as helpful these days as it used to be? Too skewed toward things that are for sale. Search engines...
Good on them. Auction houses are not always so keen to know anything that might bring down the value of an item. Considering you wrote a whole...
Was going to mention I have several of those. Also novelty 'spoons' using various types of bivalve shell for the bowl.
There's testing for coral vs. some imitation, and there's testing to see if real coral has been dyed. Calcium carbonate, the building block of...
Going by shape, growth lines & appearance of seams, I would guess this was made from a clam shell, the 2 sides glued together, cut down to flatten...
Mrs. Walters is probably better seen here than in a display case:...
If you could find a Capricorn fantasy fan...
Thanks for this. When I first began to look into my own Talani, the Walters Josephine, the 2 cameos in the British Museum & the 2 owned by U....
Yes, I can see that it might be beryl, although unusual to see it cut en cabochon instead of being faceted.
I think your time period is about right. She was ubiquitous then & for some time after. Not having a mount hinders dating. Nice piece. :)
The construction of the first/fifth one ha some similarity to this one that I posted on Collector's Weekly years ago. It is clearly deco....
The very first one might have Halley's comet influence. Some lovely bits there.
Welcome, oussamio. Could you please tell us the general location where you found it, the country, at least, & the dimensions. Is this how it...
Doubtful, as I've seen another just like it with the exception of the cameo's being placed on the body instead of the lid. But in both cases it...
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