Or could be for hanging it.
Did they use actual shellac? I did think what OP is seeing as being like amber is some kind of coating/varnish, but beyond me to know of what....
Does removal of the handle mean that there is now some access to the faceted side of the matrix? Ooh, this is fun (with you doing all the work.) :)
I have started a thread in the Jewelry forum where I'm going to try to assemble the little I do know & provide illustrations so perhaps at least...
Hello, FishLure. I think Any Jewelry meant this in the sense of 'wouldn't waste time researching if it had already been solved & posted in the...
Is this a statement or a question? It is now illegal to sell ivory in many places. I do not know the law where you live. I would say it has...
Think it was made to be whatever you want it to be. My now defunct bead store used to make ornaments every Christmas using beads like this &...
Make that gaterie.
Addendum to the above (my picture allowance was spent). These 'Danbiere' boxes feel very sturdy and the walls are quite thick. However, I...
That makes huge sense. Dieppe was a major ivory carving center. When it comes to cameos in ivory, I see more that come from France than from any...
T.P. Danbiere Paris trinket or ring boxes marked on bottom. [ATTACH] These are made of a translucent resin that hopeful sellers describe...
I wrote it. I'm known on CW as cameosleuth. I used to post there quite a bit more, then I found this joint. Now I check in to see if anyone...
Welcome, Daniel. I believe, although cannot be 100% certain, that this is a portrait of an actual person. If it is, then likely to be a forebear...
It is a cameo portrait. It is ivory. Looks like it may formerly have had a pin assembly attached vertically directly into the ivory. [ATTACH]
And here I was thinking Walter Raleigh.
Knowledge both helps protect you from wasting money on things that will not live up to their billing & sometimes enables you to recognize a...
What we're learning here is that none of these pieces are antique, regardless of any dates written on them.
Yes, I've seen the bois durci hypothesis. Did not realize it had become rampant. I probably would have let it slide as one more...
The material used for the background of the lady with her bird is more crystalline and less resilient than that employed for Nouveau Lady, whom I...
The coloring of these cameos appears so naturalistic and the image has such strong appeal, it is understandable why they so often are mistaken for...
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