First, he's an excellent carving (can I add him to my Pinterest board for cameos of Victorian gentlemen?) It's hard to know what is going on here...
You're not makin' it easy, are you? :joyful:
Flipper reproduced this in post #9, including mysterious device right in front of it. There is something on the sleeve of the man in the...
I can only comment that it's a scallop, not a clam. Might improve search.
The speckles puzzle me. [ATTACH]
Wonder when this clip style replace the pet type? [IMG] I agree that in addition to the weathering of the wood, the heavy springs look more...
I was reading Reine as French for queen, being unfamiliar with what I'm now assuming is the German for pure silk. That all makes much more sense.
What is written across the lady's skirt?
She has a sweet face. Was she pre-owned when you got her? I see she has British marks, is that where you are? She was hand cut in helmet shell...
Is the name on the tag Reine Sada or Reine Saida? Glare & texture are giving me trouble reading. 'Pure Soie' seems weird to me. My French isn't...
The placement of the words suggests they are the names of the figures, but you have not shown them well & 2 of them not in closeup at all, so our...
With the new pix I see she is wearing an animal pelt like a bacchante, has a strap, as you observed, running diagonally across her torso as though...
Welcome, Gladys. Guessing you are having trouble uploading photos. Most newcomers do, if they take their photos with a phone. File size has to...
I think you have seen that episode of Scooby-Doo a number of times.
One of the results in an auction platform's alerts:...
A monstrance? A bit too neoclassical for that I suppose.
Cameo is 1920s-30s probably, given that we know some of the provenance & the degree of wear. Neapolitan cameo cutters exported tons of these & no...
They look like ivory to me. Think the scoring on the soles of the feet is tool work obscuring the natural grain lines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanetsuki
There is a sort of racket game played by Japanese girls that uses these paddle-like things.
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