Is it lined with glass?
She's lovely. Sort of a transitional type I think: not a portrait; not quite a conventional Flora. There was definitely a period when it was a...
I note the fasces, symbol of strength in unity as well as legal power, is coming unbound, so perhaps a symbolic representation of the fall of Rome.
Now you're in territory where I cannot guide you. Did she travel?
You could use it as a mushroom brush.
Does the test you use pick up silver that is less than sterling? One of the marks in the closeup of the set of 3 looks like it could say 83 (830...
The symbols of Imperial Rome with something like a jackal snapping at them. The eagle is Jupiter's bird; the device on the shield is his thunder...
Maybe it was bought when she was born, to be given to her when she turned 18, something that way. This is not a guardian angel cameo, but may...
Eckard, maybe?
I have seen winners of an exhibition prize also incorporate that info as part of their branding on future products, not necessarily the prize...
I read it as Brad reads it, as an allegorical composition celebrating science & industry, with presumably medicine above all. Confusion over the...
As much as I like the idea of a via Connolli, it is more likely to have been the via Condotti, where a number of cameo cutters had their studios,...
Hello, AbbyRose. What a lovely thing to have handed down to you, all the more special for the family connection. As usual, AJ is spot on, this...
Bee or fly, not a scarab beetle.
I have no decisive conclusion about what the stone is, but if it is as pink as it looks in the last photo, had to wonder if it's tourmaline. I'm...
This thread is from before my time. I found it very interesting & would not have seen it if Msalicia had not revived it. Why do people get so...
Ah. Thank you. Do they provide a stone you use for this?
Size looks more suitable for cigarettes. And it would only be asking for trouble to strike a match just an inch or two away from a bunch of...
Matches? Or cigarettes? Looks like a striker area under lid.
So glass is the softest material it measures. You could not successfully test something like alabaster. I have no idea why glass does not always...
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