Color under UV definitely consistent with uranium glass.
One of the great things about bead stringing is that there are infinite do-overs with little loss of materials, mainly the bead cord that has to...
Are these shown in any of the photos?
Joke? The cube is nearly as incongruous in that setting. There's another, larger, cube to its left with something that looks like a lantern on it.
It's the knotting (I'm assuming you want knots) that takes practice & a pair of knotting tweezers. You just use the ordinary simple knot, then...
To my eyes they do not look NA at all, although the Navajo do inlay work using silver, turquoise & opal. It is the style that strikes me as...
Anyone else see a ewer sitting on a kitchen counter beneath the arm of the foremost member of the ring toss team? There's sure to be a painting...
LOL ;)
New one on me. The more I look at it, the stranger it gets. If I knew my ancient & mythological history it would probably come to me. Alas...
Agree the suspension loop is in the antique style.
When someone starts expounding on a topic s/he returns to regularly & about which s/he has strong opinions, we say so & so is riding their...
Glass. The site @Kronos found is really interesting. I think the author comes to some unwarranted conclusions, particularly about witches & the...
My guess on the name led to this: https://www.ebay.com/itm/131943808558
What is the nature of the notes from the 1870s?
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum Maybe someone misconstrued it & thought 'Hammer of Witches' meant the witches had...
What are names you tried so we don't waste time doing them again?
We got diverted by the idea that you imagined it being from Napoleon's court. Looking at OP, your only question was what to make of the pendulum...
If you ever get this sorted, or come to a few plausible possibilities, don't forget to write them down & put the info with the chest.
I've seen banks that you have to smash to get the money out, but you wouldn't expect this to be one of them, would you? I think it's a green pear.
Given doubts about the clock's quality being expressed here, the museum probably decided the Napoleon attribution was bogus. I know museums...
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