Wherever kyra goes, I go, most of the time. I'm following her here for sure. I can't tell how large it is. Lingerie pins are tiny; this must be...
Agree. It does look a bit like plastic in the shot taken from edge on, but translucence & color shading shown in pic of back argue strongly for...
Definitely not iolite, which looks like grey-ish amethyst. Some lapis has flecks that way, so it's quite possible.
Diana/Artemis. :)
Would like it better with fewer & better cut cameos. There are 19 of them (visible), none all that spectacular. Undeniably blingy.
I don't know if there's a name for a stone with this coloring, but when the under layer is black & the top layer is milky white, which gives the...
Found this Wiki bit on terra sigillata: Usually roughly translated as 'sealed earth', the meaning of 'terra sigillata' is 'clay bearing little...
Agree. Photos & verbal description consistent with labradorite. Some lab is quite grey with very little 'labradorescence'.
If you look up sigilography, it will not surprise you that it is signed. :)
I have one quite like it that I love a lot. The cameo is similarly broken, but someone had a custom setting made for it that covers the back &...
Deliberating it with myself, the conclusion is, probably not. But depends on how big a deal it is to go there, what you would have to give up...
It is most likely lab grown. Lab corundum has been on the market for 100+ years. Crystals grown now are huge. Worth more than glass; far less...
The overall shape, material & imagery would add up to a cultural ID for someone who really knows this stuff, which isn't me. Pre-Islamic,...
A vale of tears?
Nancy?
Wadjet, dove of the Holy Spirit + ?
There's no reason to think the stone elements are really glass. These tumbled bits of quartz are not expensive. Sizes & shapes so irregular, not...
It's a favorite of mine too. All allegorical: passionate love; faithful love; the love that got away.
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I use mine as an end table. Lamp & phone on it, phone directories (now approaching antique) & unabridged dictionary below. If the shelf...
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