It was a bad hair day. :D
They qualify as cameos, no need to bracket '...' The one on the right is similar to Flaxman's Dancing Hours, except flat footed, so don't know if...
Thanks for keeping us au courrant. :)
My reaction was celery that got a permanent wave. I like it.
By 'Moor' do you mean a Muslim? Islam did not come into being until hundreds of years after the time of James. Or is he being invoked as patron...
Scallop shells are symbols of Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. The best construction I can think to put on this is a Crusader reference. It...
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Am I wrong, or is the G upside down?
Excellent photo. Maybe another member will have some thoughts. I only know the subject. There are many copies, ancient & modern. Yours appears...
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/259522 FF may be a foundry mark.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O110508/reliquary-duran-martin/ https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/90402/BK_16997.html Just for...
@Aquitaine Was this your question? A reliquary is an object for safely holding & often displaying a relic, some tangible bit believed to have...
If she is meant to be this Felicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicitas_of_Rome the presentation is not very consistent with the martyred...
So is the N compared to the serif style of most of the other letters. It's a 'Greek' E, epsilon. My feeling is script is pseudo-Medieval Latin....
The little coral piece is significantly older than the others, I believe. In my experience those covered convex backs are early Victorian or...
Where would the relic be held? Is there a compartment somewhere? I had that immediate impression too, although can also see a melting anchor or...
A bare-breasted Vestal?
Yes, for the faceted stones.
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