There's a specific name for that stone I can never remember. Someone will come up with it. Very nice.
It's carved in conch shell. Cameo is better than the ring it is set in. Quite pretty. She needs a bath. Dish soap, water & a soft toothbrush...
All of the above.
I would have done the same. I was just tempering expectations. I know from my own field that not every man who got his portrait carved was...
Chances are good when there's that much interest early on.
How tall is the bust itself? Looks like a good sized chunk of ivory.
Could be someone whose bank account was even larger than his ego but who did not cut a high public profile. He would have done better not to...
Unless the lily brooch is one of a kind, which I'm guessing it's not, I don't think you can assume the pearl is a river pearl. Manufacturer would...
While you can pin either one in any orientation you wish, the designer probably had in mind that it would be with the pin inserted horizontally,...
Nor I. Have certainly heard of turquoise being 'stabilized'. My guess is that yours is not 'enhanced'. This cameo is similar material....
I don't know, but she should be shot. Probably title is 'Love Is Blind."
Insecure me was wondering if I had overlooked it. What a fun thing! You would have to wear it on quite a long (gold, of course) chain if you...
A number of them are duplicates.
[ATTACH] https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/H_1978-1002-708 [ATTACH] The one in the Brit is Thorvaldsen's Night. Mine, which has...
I took this to mean by 'it' the wheel itself. If so, not mine, but will zoom along if pointer is on vertical scroll bar & left button is held...
Will have to give it a try. I thought you were supposed to be able to push the wheel right or left to go forward & back between web pages, but if...
Welcome, Sylvie. Please show us the whole fonts, from several angles. Is the mark exactly the same on the other font? Or can something more be...
Always safe. I should use it more. :)
We went down a large rabbit hole about printers' marks in another thread started by a painting with a seal on the back. Printers seem to have...
When trying to decipher illegible signatures, it is always promising to find possibilities that are pronounceable in some language & actually in...
Separate names with a comma.
