It reminds me of a painting I have of a bare breasted young woman done by a friend as an art student.
I had a great aunt who sent me a handkerchief along with every birthday & Christmas card. She worked cleaning houses & people would give her...
There is also green amber, which was a surprise to me.
I'm wearing a vintage slip, pink with lace on the bodice & lace with an applique down the front. Of course I wear it as a summer nightgown. I...
Is the 18 mark shown in any of the photos? If not, where on the piece is it?
It turned out beautifully. Good thing you have daughters to hand them on to since sons seem to be at a loss for what to do with them. Is that...
I've heard that all the world's a stage. This proves it.
This is still going on? I had never heard of it until I was in college & a Jewish roommate told me. That was half a century ago. Later I heard...
If you mean on the sculpture, Michelangelo would have believed the Bible in use at the time, so his intention was horns, not a radiance. He was...
You can name him Stubby.
The end of his beard.
It was only that the century with the most examples of polychromy wood pieces on that particular site is the 18th. It's hardly proof of anything....
Following what I think I see in the second pic, I got to this guy: https://www.wikigallery.org/wiki/artist48813/William-Raymond-Dommersen/page-1...
No doubt it's ivory. These bypass clamper bracelets were popular in the 50s.
I'm finding it frustrating trying to find anything on the market comparable to this piece. This St. Joseph is 2 feet high:...
Does this mean you think other parts are made of something else? What do you think it is?
That originally put me off too. Was ready to declare fake, but spent some time looking at pix of known ivory pieces & decided it was possible, if...
@TallCakes ?
Definitely writing around the edges, the same thing on each side. Prayer rug?
Meant to be humorous. Cecilia is the patron saint of music & she is often depicted playing a small pipe organ. [ATTACH]
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