They turn up with holes where the diamonds used to be. But usually no longer in their gold mount.
Now I'm seeing sort of a wand with red ribbon tied around it. Still see the other object as a mirror. What it adds up to...?
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Certainly conceivable, if you accept the premise that the name was not put on immediately after the gem was finished.
The figure is Achilles, playing his kithara, sulking in his tent, so not that kind of label, which is seen on some gems, the identity of the...
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It's only because I see her as pulling a thread from that corner that I see a spider.
I can see what you see. I can also see 2 eyes in the dark. (Probably watch LOTR too much.) [IMG] I see her as delicately pulling on a very...
That is how maddening trying to know what's there - anywhere - in these intaglios with only photos to go by. And the photos are easier than...
I would say he diverted it himself. ;) I can't tell what she's holding in her right hand, nor what's lurking in the upper right corner, so if...
Hi, J.D. She's not one of the Hours, although definitely in that mode. Wondering if she is not Arachne? Or am I not seeing correctly? [IMG]
The compulsion to make bad puns is a serious mallardy!
Since I can't help you, I'm so tempted to ask how many Greeks it seats.
This is the edge of the shield: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Good match or not good match? In case you can't tell what they are meant to...
Too late to edit OP, where I just noticed, after a nap, that I wrote that the glass intaglio is slightly concave when I should have put convex....
I really should flag that as best answer. I know you all have better things to do with your time, so the serious attention that has been given to...
Especially for @shallow_ocean_spectre who wondered about the glass. In ordinary light, to the unaided eye, the glass intaglio is a dull dark...
Oh, Joy. I'm so very sorry you took What do you want as being some expression of annoyance directed personally at you. E-mail syndrome. It was...
Guessing when you were in school penmanship was no longer a going concern as an academic subject. When you were taught cursive, it was in some...
Had? I wouldn't have been able to part with it, just exquisite. :)
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