So post-AB, pre-reunification. Probably 1960s sometime.
I don't feel like researching this, so maybe someone else will know, but I seem to recall that not so very long ago Britons were legally...
I was wondering if there could possibly be a W under there, but don't see room for it. [ATTACH]
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When I showed something to my friendly neighborhood Yemeni shopkeeper to get his confirmation that the Arabic mark was a 12, he turned it in his...
The first one I call Headband Girl, & I believe her to be the most reproduced cameo in the world. If yours says 'Germany' & not 'W. Germany' we...
I call ones like this hatchet faces because they look like they were cut with a hatchet. I can't imagine how many of these have been cranked out...
Oh, good. The trouble with 9ct is that it doesn't look like real gold. I can easily pick up photos to save directly from the site. Anyway, the...
I agree it has a Deco look about it; whether that was intentional or not...
While we're waiting, the first one is carved in helmet shell, no doubt by an Italian cutter. It does not depict anyone in particular, just a...
The one that got away is an excellent use of the color layers of the shell to show this Athena: [IMG]...
Even though the carver has included none of her attributes other than that she is wearing a helmet, I think you are correct that the subject is...
All these perfume bottles & atomizers are evocative of the time & lifestyle when a woman had a vanity table with all the requisite accoutrements....
Sets of 4 women always make me think Four Seasons, that is, if 4 is a complete set. What do you make out of the signature? I see Jea_f___.
Nice to get such a closeup view of these famous pieces.
What happens when you try to use it?
Yes, they don't just start chiseling away. Sometimes they model in clay or plaster. And when it comes to marble, the artist considered the...
Our man DaveyD explained a bit about skeleton keys here: old Keys
A pretty little piece & no one but you will know her secrets. :)
There's a maker's mark similar to yours if you scroll down to RTR, identified as Raymond Bitosi, Navajo. Raymond seems to be flying under the...
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