As usual, INH nails it. I had wondered why the opening in the top was so rough & not perfectly round. Maybe sculpture has a tab that goes...
Now I am completely intrigued. If you will permit, I would also be interested in seeing this object. I collect a subset of jewellery from this...
Now there's a right thinking person. :D
Hello & Welcome, Veronika. When I read about an archaeological find from a tomb, my brain is not expecting a button from the grave of a...
From upper edge. looks to me like some kind of white metal with a coating meant to mimic bronze. [ATTACH]
What would you plant in those tiny pots?
I'm liking johnny's suggestion that it is meant to dress up a tissue box.
I can't help thinking OP's lamp originally had 1 or 2 metal pieces that would have gone between the glass & the lady's bum & the nut on the other...
Nekhbet is all I know. Size? Bottom?
Always good to have a second opinion. :)
Labradorite.
I don't think we can know for sure. When is 1798 - time screen was made. I think all sources are using the date on the original prints for all...
Just diddling around. I did not know this Shelley & am impressed Ejm was able to make the connection, since Shelley is mainly known as a water...
Young was the publisher. Robert Cooper made the print, per British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1862-1213-71 Seems...
Material is not too different from Incolay.
Is there sort of a squiggle above the character that looks like a 7? Could be Egypt if there is.
Agree. This fineness is used, or used to be, in some countries.
We just had one of these in blue. @anton34
Could we see the bottom?
From what I can see, left it Venus/Aphrodite & Cupid/Eros; the other is Cupid & Psyche. Neoclassical probably. Bouguereau did several versions,...
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