This is meerschaum/pipe clay: 19 cent Victorian HIGH RELIEF LAVA Carved CAMEO Girl Lady Bubble Glass Frame Wow [IMG]
Better value than this:...
It is everywhere, which is why it astounds me sellers can mistake it for hand carved anything.
I was wondering about a lot of it. I was thinking Prof. Gilderoy Lockhart.
I don't either. May be the natural color of a lot of it. White pieces seem to be white all the way through; brown pieces, when chipped, often...
This one is glass: [IMG] [IMG] As is this one: [IMG] Seller of second cameo knows this : ANTIQUE GOLD LAVA GLASS CAMEO BROOCH PENDANT 1870...
This one actually is white lava, unlike the one I showed you. She is Tyche/Fortuna, holding a cornucopia filled with flowers. Her 'mural crown'...
I think it is; I'd never do that to a cat. I was expecting to find that 'Landor' was a pseudonym, since it's an anagram of Arnold.
Does appear to be a nail file, from the later photo. Doubt it doubled as a paper knife. They were sold as sets, may have been in a case at one...
It is definitely glass. Photo does not completely capture how shiny, vitreous, the material looks where it has chipped. The shape of the chips,...
I'm not sure how I feel about their wares. Tribal arts. Which tribe would this be exactly? The bone pieces are water buffalo carved in...
This one: [IMG]
Paper knife, button hook & a keris?!
I thinketh these historical figures all look alike to me. The verdigris in the eye sockets is probably all that makes the eyes look strange; he...
A hazard of developing your eye & knowledge. Some 'treasures' become less than exciting. :)
@808 raver What's the attribution on the frame in post #11? You probably told us before, or maybe you've told us somewhere here & I'm looking...
I think you're right. Someone was playing.
I'd be inclined to call it bamboo coral, although don't know that's a type of coral as much as a way of cutting it. All sorts of beads are coming...
The 2 odd beads look like early artificial amber.
Unusual, I'll say that for them. I don't think they are actual Wedgwood. Is the necklace pendant definitely a jasper ware plaque held under a...
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