A lot of things with human faces that shouldn't have them & haunted everyday articles. I've met the woman whose face reflects as that of an old...
Thinking the central creatures look mythological - I know of nothing with antlers that has a tail like that - of course went Googling & got more...
Close, 1901.
As far as I can see them well enough to count, the egg trays in the ad are 6 x 6, 3 dozen. OP's is 7 x 7; 49 seems like an odd number for eggs....
Hello, Tom. Could you tell us what you already know about Conant Ball so we don't have to duplicate the research?
Must weigh a ton?
Based on the position of the pin, surely the Nossiter style piece is meant to be worn the other way up, with the amethyst cab at the bottom?
The little flat disk shape is now called heishi & is associated with Native American jewellery. Are all beads that shape clay? The slender...
Can you say 'pink slime'? (Not making this up.)
I admit to being far from certain. I looked through my photos of cameo materials, comparing back & forth Celluloid/similar & ivory & it didn't...
Is this about how to put lipstick on a pig?
This casts a different light on things. So, for a time at least, your friend (you must miss him deeply) was buying collectors' beads. Great that...
I'm going to stick mine out even farther & say ivory.
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Uh oh. From site given above: 9. Any bottom description of a decoration or scene indicates that the piece was not decorated in the Vienna...
Maybe this will give you heart: https://antique-marks.com/vienna-porcelain-marks.html Ackermann& Fritze definitely did this sort of thing,...
My memory of this is very sketchy, but know I once heard that people were being puzzled by receiving packages from Asian shippers with odd things...
I was thinking something used on a vanity. Looks in great condition. Agree on OBB's cleaning recommendation.
Does your friend remember how/where acquired? Antiquities are such a minefield. Look how long the Met Museum had the Egyptian cat with a gold...
The thumbnail is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Willard#The_Spirit_of_.2776
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