Maybe that's how art collectors of the day viewed Van Gogh's work.
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Wonder if the choice of stones also has symbolic meaning?
The matte may be hiding info along the bottom on this one.
For anyone who might wonder about this. Since Arabic is written right to left, wouldn't Michael's mark of a 2 & a 1 really be 12, not 21? No....
Just realized that in the photo the necklace is masked. :joyful: Michael, is there a story about how you came to acquire this that you are...
That ornate frame is also typical of better quality wall decor.
I remember reading about how misinformation gets perpetuated in science textbooks & an example of how Aristotle had written that women have fewer...
'The Dinner Party', Jules Grun.
Let's see. She's very nice, not phenomenal, a bacchante/maenad, helmet shell, unsigned. I was ready to say she is not Victorian, based on clasp,...
Maybe Calm & Stormy rather than Day & Night?
A belly dancer who was making good money or had a rich patron. 21K! @Michael Maestas If you are planning on selling it, I would advise getting...
I can only say that dictionaries & common usage are out of synch on this one. It leaves the language with no single word for these little guys if...
When you Google 'Georgian gold pearl turquoise ring', you get:...
Not that I've seen every one ever made, but have never seen a signet that was not in intaglio. This piece is in relief, so probably the...
What was the source of that definition? Putto/putti are words I see regularly because they regularly turn up on cameos & what distinguishes them...
Squinting at your marks, think I see 21K, ibis, & date letter of W, so yes, 1921-22. Wow!
I have no idea. I can't see your marks in that kind of detail. Does your necklace have a Roman letter for the mark on the right? Or is it an...
Welcome, Michael. I can't see your marks well enough in the photo, except to make out the Egyptian national mark for gold, the ibis, in the...
How so? The pearls & stone do not appear to be in good condition. Are you considering buying for your own wear?
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