Unless it is Aladdin's lamp, think you are right about infant/invalid feeder. Maybe there was also a food pusher, if this was given as a baby gift?
I think it is as it was meant to be, or close to. I don't see any strong evidence for anything broken off. Certainly nothing that impairs...
These rhinestone encircled pieces have been turning up big time of late, many from China.
http://ianewatts.org/blog/2011/02/12/u-s-army-transportation-corps-water-division-ships-officer-2/
I'd be inclined to call it a chalice.
Not Mississippi River pearl?
Are the stones that deep cerise in person? Love the color.
http://www.milbadges.com/corps/USA/transportation...
We've had something like this before & think it had to do with rail transport.
Can't answer the question. Love that the last one is in hieroglyphics.
No, resin. The cameo itself comes in various colors & can be bought in quantity for jewellery making.
The gap at the top & the way those 2 prongs look like they might have been bent are what made me think a replacement: [ATTACH]
The 4 from 1959 - 1975 & 2008 - 2009 can be really hard to tell apart because the little loops & dots end up as solid blobs & the only thing...
@BMRT [ATTACH] This one is resin.
I like this one: [IMG] It's the domino effect. :)
Right. Earrings. I don't know if they are still putting date letters on; have never found a chart that goes past this one: [ATTACH] hash tag:...
Thank you. I like understanding these things. I must not be the only one who is confused. When you Google for engraved glass you get an...
You surprise me! But yes, fully marked. Whoever H.S. are, they do nice work. They just have crummy taste in cameos or thought to improve their...
Another Rembrandt copy. Advanced painting students often work on their skills by copying masters. I also saw Eric when I looked for F. Rowe &...
Mater Dolorosa. She turns up in both natural shell, like this one, & some very convincingly colored resin. Looks to me as though it was always...
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