Sometimes I think some of them use witchcraft. :)
Maybe this is him in his period of banishment. And, after all, it is a fountain. :)
Here it is in another, completely different surrounding: [IMG]...
The Romans got the Greek Chronos, Time, confused with their Cronus, also called Saturn. Saturn is very often shown with a scythe, even though it...
[ATTACH] You can see the figure has walls, is not solid, which the sound produced by your tapping also indicated. Point is that they are not...
Has to be, unless some noble had a copy made for their property. Wonder if they have relandscaped or is the alley of trees in the plate's...
No. In the second pic you can see the piece is hollow because the piece covering the bottom has had some damage on the left & you can see into...
After starting at $100. Is the signature the same on both?...
I'm amused by the activities represented at the cardinal points: painting/art & music, pursuits of the mind; also butterfly collecting & archery....
Wonder if your niello items might have been collar studs. Think there was a period in women's wear when blouses used a stud to close a high...
The fob looks worked over to me, doubt the prongs are original to it. If the color of the stone is showing reasonably accurately on my monitor,...
I feel like we've seen this cameo in the thread before, but maybe not. Quite a production. Suspect it is 20th century as the elements are from...
Thank you. Assuming you don't mind if I add your pix to my file of such images? Great that the cameo is so visible. I've mostly stopped buying...
Does it reflect the purple light back or absorb it & stay looking close to the same color it is under normal lighting? I'm not sure a...
Being a dedicated enabler, I'm not saying anything other than you're welcome. :)
Scooped!
Afraid I am failing you completely on this one. It's such a vast field, I'll never stop learning. My focus has mainly been on cameos from the...
Very nice. I love bloodstone (also known as heliotrope) & have a few pieces in it. One is along the lines of yours except oval, with the goddess...
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