Idle question: do they make corkscrews for left handed people? Using one seems hard enough with the dominant hand.
One in a series of blog posts from the Corning Museum of Glass:...
So striking!
I have been alerted to cameos I otherwise would have overlooked by their appearance on a list of cameos currently on eBay ordered by how many...
They are certainly valuable resources but also not infallible. This is complete blather:...
Pocket corkscrew. Maybe an ineffective one?
To tie the threads together: Small table -asian design
Don't poke your eardrum out!
It's probably solid silver but I would not assume 925 without proper testing. Lots of Chinese jewellery is 800 silver.
It says Newton A. Wells faintly along the front of the right shoulder too.
No, but for most jewellery there are so many similar listings that you can juxtapose & compare, see where they're in agreement, what's an outlier....
The lyre behind her shoulder indicates that she is Erato, Muse of erotic poetry. Nice use of the color layers. Enjoy her. :)
Welcome, Hjarta. You sound just like one of us. Who's the avatar?
I thought that milky green is exactly what you want to see in amber under UV.
Cliffhanger?
They put me in mind of antique tools for some kind of needlework, with the single hole & the rounded heads on one end while the other end is flat.
That's a big sweep of stylistic time: Georgian; Regency; Victorian; Edwardian; stylistic periods archeological revival, arts & crafts, art...
The yellow brooch has a type of clasp seen in jewellery from the mid-20th century. I can't tell what the other piece is. Sash buckle? What is...
The wings seem odd to me. As carefully modeled as the rest of it it, the wings are clearly stuck on with no attempt to make them look like they...
I 'tagged' him for you. Next time he comes on to the site he'll see he's needed. He tends to be a night owl. People here are all over the...
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