She also has a special attraction to the smiles of people who have a gap between their top front teeth. She told me who a couple of them were but...
@Jivvy What do you think of this? Schmoll? I've cropped & rotated but left pic otherwise unaltered so you can do your stuff: [ATTACH] This is...
She said that she wanted anatomical accuracy, so told young man who cuts the cameos for her to get his out & use it for a model....
I could so use one of these, customized for cameos. Is it essentially a sheet music cabinet with inserts for coins?
Met Katherine Wallach (daughter of Eli) & saw her work for the first time this past weekend. Of course spotted the cameos first & asked if they...
I'm only seeing this for the first time now. Looks like an assortment of microcrystalline quartz stones; whether they would be called jasper or...
In this weather, want to spend all my time in the shower. Alas, the turtles have a time share on the tub. Still see a teensy bit of crud at the...
My understanding of a simple acid test for silver is that it is A) not highly precise & B) does not require a purity of 925 of more to give a...
Is it marked as sterling somewhere I'm not spotting? Think it was probably set in Italy & likely to be 800 silver. Another thing to consider in...
I was wondering whether they were like the Howard Johnson's restaurants at rest stops on the interstates. Must have been the only place around...
Starting to sense there's a 'type' here in some way, when it comes to material & subject matter, so probably also location & time period: [IMG]...
Sounds like a place for unmarried men or men working away from home. The 'risqué' cartoon on the back would have encouraged them to save the...
It was a favorite saying of my mother's too. Or, as another saying goes, when in Rome, caveat emptor. Apart from knowing that they did make...
It is a very bad assumption. My specialty is cameos, which are like little works of art. It is quite common to find excellent work in cheap...
The publication where INH found the advertisement for Ph. Cerisier is from 1905, so that gives a little idea of time period. The absence of a...
I considered that it might be 'Henriette' Glorie, but did not advance the search any.
I do not know what to make of this: [ATTACH] Description does not say what it is, guessing wax, but of whom? The Duchess in Alice in...
An experiment: [ATTACH] Or maybe not. [ATTACH] This thread & the related one about cameo signatures are as good as anything you will find....
I don't have much more idea of what's going on in this Lamant. Three mortal women carrying baskets of fruit/flowers, probably meant as offerings...
Think the auctioneer is in England; cameo undoubtedly from Italy. Not sure whether those belong on the head of the standing figure or are part of...
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