Is it possibly a copy of something by Jacques-Louis David. Not so out of keeping with some of his work: [IMG] And maybe not the most perfect...
Sin of omission? That's a definite objection & may have been a problem. There is a style of shawl pin I have seen repeatedly, including in...
Just to be persnickety, I will note that the name of the firm is 'The Sartor', not simply 'Sartor'. Knew the adjective 'sartorial' but had never...
Maybe what you need is an entomologist to tell you where your Lepidoptera & Coleoptera are native. :)
One of my all-time favorites. I have a post card of her in a vintage frame in a grouping with other similar images, including Aphrodite, Circe,...
If it's plastic coated wire, a standard material for craft bead stringing without knots & for beads that are likely to saw through silk. The...
I've got one of these Laurel ones, in this color: [IMG] Ah, the 60s!
Sounds like a shop on Christopher St., Manhattan.
Wonderful coat. So nice it & its context have stayed in the family. Strangely, none of the items on my bucket list involves Mackinac Island, but...
Faience, I suspect. A kind of glazed pottery. Much used in Egypt.
Simione?
The printed blurb extolling his excellence & the exclusivity of his clientele sounds like Blanchard wrote it himself. I wouldn't count on its...
It no longer jars my eye, but does make me a little seasick. :wacky:
The door now on the right looks like it belongs in the center.
The ME means it was made in the province of Messina. https://www.925-1000.com/Fitalian_marks_01.html
Hello, Maggy. They look really interesting. Could you go back to your post, choose edit, then other options & make your photos full size so we...
More concertina than accordion.
Wonder if they got grief from Munsey, Cosmo or Harper's. At this stage, may have been better to use for the other end of your alimentary tract.
Thank you - we always appreciate the aid of members who can expand us beyond the anglophone world. :)
I persist that it's a shawl/scarf ring. As threatened: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The back mechanism is like many older...
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