This is an instructive find, if it has been dated correctly. The helmet shell cameo of the pretty lady type is so eroded & so common across a...
Seller describes it as neoclassical 17th century. It is not neoclassical in style; I think they are correct that it is 17th or very early 18th,...
And going by info at web site, OP's uncertainty about the material suggests this is one of their earlier wood pulp pieces. The problem with being...
That was my first thought too, but doubted my judgment because he is not wearing nautical attire. How interesting that this was/is a folk art...
It's the sort of thing I like. The stone is quite an old one, although I can't say whether it is actually an antiquity. It is no doubt copied...
I'm turning the color of angelskin coral. Thanks for the kind words. :shame:
Not selling, adding to my little horde. Thank you for clearing up what they are, as always! Teaching people how to tell coral from conch shell...
Doesn't the 'manhole cover' have the remains of nails at the 4 corners, the exposed part of the nails have broken off the back? Can't think why...
I'm inclined to BEY since the last letter, unlike the first 2, would have to be lower case to be an R, although certainly not impossible that it...
@BMRT The mano fico is coral in a shade I would call angelskin. The cameo earrings are also coral & some would say angelskin because they are not...
Does appear meant to keep a coin or token always at hand, but maybe not originally designed for American money?
The way they are on cord rather then a modern bead stringing material also suggests trade beads, although of course no guarantee by itself....
I'm not seeing copper. Brass is more likely, although what is that silvery place? The underlying metal or solder?
Costume, but good quality.
Not sure I've seen this very one but have seen similar. Just as mystified by the fluff as you are. A visual expression of prayers & wishes being...
I'm seeing glass. Turquoise can be polished & smooth but doesn't really achieve a glassy finish, in my experience.
BTW, think when you want to make an edit to a post involving photos, you also then have to choose 'more options' as well before you can do it?
Strikes me as a coral cameo stickpin that is a blend of art nouveau & art deco in influence on style. I'd place it 20s-30s. Cameo is consistent...
I was looking through the linked page with 'wound' in my head as an injury. Fortunately, in my skimming my eye caught this: For over two hundred...
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