Dang. I was so sure it was for lifting watermelon cubes out of an ice chest.
What I meant about engraved gemstones: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/jewels-online/carved-sapphire-diamond-ring-501/79418 [IMG] If you saw...
I remember seeing this before & coveted it then too. Good choice.
The turquoise is so uniform in size, shape & color, I have to think glass. If kyra is correct & they are glued in, that's another clue. There's...
Really thought you had it here. Fairly large, not designed to slide under whatever & the whatever needs to drain ever so slightly?
My Holy Grail, or White Whale, is the cameo I would need to complete a set of 12. I have never seen one & it may not be out there. Does that...
@DragonflyWink What are the dimensions of the shovel part without the handle? I know it could be worked out from info provided, but too lazy for...
Are the tadpoles perforations or decorations? Petit four server?
Ever the appropriate response.
:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: That's the math Augustine learned on the Hippo campus.
Maybe I'm misreading it entirely, but dove of the Holy Spirit: [IMG] And this shape does not need the cross to have meaning to Christians:...
I have seen the word 'canted' used to described this.
Mmm. Oyster stuffing. You will have to explain this to Tweedledumber. Florida?
When fish have wings...
Looks like a cross between a fish & a dove. Since both are Christian symbols, you know my answer to your question.
It's probably true that this ring has never been worn much, but you don't often see otherwise well made rings using GP for the shank as it gets...
Think the one SIS found nails it as an inkwell, missing the insert. The holes would be for dip pens. [IMG]
Going by what descriptions of others we found say, initials are those of person who painted it & it is not home hobbyist work. BTW, welcome to...
Will make mental note that the term is used broadly. In my mind, fibula covers a range of shapes, & this bit snipped without attribution from...
A lot of wealth up that alley! See that, of course, kyra is right & it is Guiraud, not Giraud as site has it. They are all what I would call...
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