He may have been one of the most famous gem engravers of his day, but Forrer did not pick him up, even though the cameos appear to be hardstone....
Except it looks like the silver plaque is in the style of a Russian Orthodox icon. Is there some reason an adherent of that faith couldn't have...
:singing: Oxidation, can be fun... :singing::singing::singing:
@bluumz Love that you changed your avatar. @Jivvy Afraid country idyll scenes, no matter how complicated, rarely reach me. Sometimes they...
It was the lack of a period/full stop after Mons + the existence of places (on the moon anyway) that are Mons ____ that created the confusion.
No, I just got back & was about to say the same. It would be more usual to write it as M. Bouvallet; maybe they were trying to avoid confusion...
Can't believe @komokwa didn't wade in on this one.
At least we took the plunge.
No, but it has tanked. :rolleyes:
"Bellum" just means "war", as in "antebellum", so not a goddess, an allegorical figure.
The question remains: why does it need 2 handles? The assumption that it needs 2 is probably faulty; it simply has 2.
More than I realized: [IMG] Bellona (as in bellicose) is the Roman goddess of war, more of an allegorical figure, with no stories attached....
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Not that I read any of these languages, but looks more like Korean to me than Chinese or Japanese.
You still need to be using one hand to spoon in the ice cream or one to turn the blades. I think you have a mutant!
This is one thread that sure went to waste.
Are you sure that's not the name of the place? Not sure what I'm meant to be seeing?
If by 'real' you mean printed in Piranesi's time, seems doubtful.
More like the Athena Varvakeion: [IMG] or the Athena Aspasios: [IMG] Modeler took some liberties & tarted her up for a more modern...
Someone doing research on a gem engraver named Pozzi asked me to rustle up a reference she knew existed, but couldn't get at due to copyright...
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