Where on the object? I see nothing there. Maybe a closeup of the object would help.
Good thought.
I agree the inscription on the base looks very much like French. One word seems to end 'eurs'. Where on the statuette is the inscription shown...
In the end we were never sure because we couldn't find any documentation supporting there being 2 of them. We were leaning this way because there...
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Although it looks more like a picture frame with nothing in it, it is most likely to be a tablet or book & she is directing you to what it says....
Can you trace the letters on the base? Looks like even though the color is worn away, the writing is impressed into the clay & still detectable....
She's a puzzler. Does not appear to be a saint & obviously not Mary. For me she most fits the conventions for depicting a sibyl. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Is the green photo with writing what is around the base. If not, where located? Could we see a pic of the base taken straight on>
It is Lamant. I think the three lines scored below the name were put there deliberately but that they have no connection to the name. Looking...
Could be garnet. I considered chrysoprase but it just doesn't look right to me for that.
No, I'm afraid not. Starting late in the 19th century there gets to be very little documentation of cameo cutters. Even before that there is...
Nurses' watches are one thing, meant to stay pinned with a bit of chain so the watch can be moved a bit away from the body to be read. [IMG]...
For added measure it says DUKE below him. Il duce.
Suspect there are many people in the world who have heard of in vitro fertilization without knowing the literal translation of in vitro. Not...
The word was used in at least one Sherlock Holmes story without being capitalized, so has been generic for a long time now. Another item Holmes &...
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I'm sure many/most of us here know the word 'vitrine'.
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Jewellery or wind chimes? Teasing. Very pretty.
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