I may be completely misreading the photo, but looks to me like the oak panel has a narrow frame right around it, & then the framed panel is being...
Yep, satyr. Like a Greek theatrical mask, this one.
I am more fascinated by this. Can't make out how it would work. It is also strange that the brooch pins on from left to right. If you're right...
Welcome, Steffanie. Probably you need to downsize the files to get under 1MB each. Some tips:...
Ah, thanks for info. But wouldn't work well without the damage cause by the acid.
Looks very much like it. :)
Oh, thanks for directing my eye, even though the circle should have done so. I am exceedingly good at misreading pictures. In the funnies thread...
Never knew this about mica. Now I'm on the lookout for phlogopite, just because I love the name....
But of course anything marked on this later addition may not apply to the whole piece. Do you have really sharp eyes or do you go over things...
I did not know about jadeite in this color. Jadeite is so dense, doubt it could take dye well, unlike chalcedony, which is porous. BWDIK?
Thank you. I did, for once. :)
I was wondering how it was done. Thanks. :)
The crudeness of the first pair is really puzzling. I have a collection of Japanese souvenirs & they are all much better made than this. Maybe...
Quite Medium?
Welcome. The wax seal looks like it would have been that of an owner. Expect there will be comments on the way it has been backed.
I was going to comment that it must have been formed in a tumultuous environment, then looked up cinnabar in Wiki & see it is a vein filling...
Welcome, Chanelle. The putative expert cannot tell you much more than AJ has told you already. The cameo is cut in helmet shell. I'm having...
Often, but not always. My 'sleep hygiene' is terrible with no regularity. I don't have insomnia, it's just that my internal clock is a cuckoo...
The museum has been very helpful with answering questions for other members a couple of time. There may not be anyone there at present.
It is stone of some sort but the mottling is not something consistent with any carnelian I have seen either. There is the possibility it has been...
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