[IMG] Not. A. Clue.
Also seems to have dropped one of the babies! :nailbiting:
Much higher quality of execution than is common these days, although I can't help feeling it's a cry for help!
Muse of horror films?
The shell cameo is Thorvaldsen's Night, sort of: https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=night [IMG] The figure in the...
Or maybe for salt? It's small even by comparison with the sugar tongs, so perhaps too small for a mustard pot?
I like the itty-bitty spoon/ladle. Mustard?
The orientation of the pin on the back of the golfer is odd: usually, when the pin stem is mounted vertically, the hinge would be at the top & the...
So, you challenged someone to tell you what it was called, & if they said Clicket Cricker, they were foe?
For anyone not quite following, the Thorvaldsen relief is Ganymede & Cupid playing knucklebones. It came up as a possibility for this scene back...
Oh, I am too. Wouldn't have bid as much if not. When it's all added up, she's going to cost me silly money. Fortunately, I have others that I...
Are we being allusive? https://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections/work/A395/zoom [IMG] Another Thorvaldsen influence is Day:...
We'll eventually find out. She will be a while getting here, but won the auction: [ATTACH]
Maybe his cousin Schmuel? :)
Vaguely looks like it says Schmoll; just doesn't look like 'our' Schmoll wrote it. It's Gibson's Phaeton, & there is one from the Saulini...
What is the device on the shield? Definitely a male figure, not Athena & does appear there was something in the right hand. Mars is a reasonable...
Hadn't seen this one before & it definitely deserves a place in the history of cameos as fashion. It doesn't really add up to any mythological...
I've never looked for a catalogue, suppose there could be. He also did Judaica. His pieces turn up regularly, but sellers do not always know...
Think I would say any relief carving, or item that mimics a relief carving, such as a molded piece, that is intended for wear as jewellery falls...
The anchor as symbol of Hope appears frequently in popular cameo compositions. See:...
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