Not that I can see them, but I don't think the handle embellishments are meant to be Greek gods.
I'm calling her 'Myra'. [IMG]
Maybe she used the hoop to make the thing on her head. My first thought was embroidery, but I see only a single hoop, not the 2 needed for...
Wolf seems like a reasonable reading. Hamlet making his quietus with a bare bodkin?
Since it's a copy of a Bolognese School work, perhaps the painter did not feel they should sign.
The girl in a turban was long thought to be Beatrice Cenci.
It's very shiny for either ivory or bone. If this is where a piece has snapped off, I'm not seeing bone: [ATTACH] If it's all one piece, no...
Welcome, Norm. Thanks for supplying so many detailed pix - that always helps. I'm going to say this one is resin meant to look like ivory....
Bedtime reading:...
'Chromolithography' is always impressive. :)
And this was only a single item from the collection she bought. Waiting to see what's going on the block next. You will show us @Bookahtoo...
Quite a piece. I only have one book on Wedgwood & it doesn't show one exactly like this. What I do get from it is that this body shape may be...
That's exactly what's happening in that scene: Achilles is given to 'the good centaur' (the others are all lock up your daughters) Chiron for his...
Agree on the age, early 60s from what I remember. My mother had something of the sort. Guess I would just call it a box purse. Maybe there's a...
Do you not regard the nacreous lining of abalone shells as MOP? I use MOP for any kind of nacre, & then qualify it as MOP from abalone or paua ,...
Yes, definitely Athena/Minerva. Not sure whether engraver of the MOP was under the stylistic influence of art deco or just avoiding having to cut...
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From this photo my strongest feeling is shell: [IMG] This is shell: [IMG] And these are MOP: [ATTACH] (Lighting making them look more yellow...
To hide big bag of flour?
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