Have never found this seller very communicative/responsive; maybe seller name is a clue. But it's OK, I have that cameo on my Pinterest board for...
Someone's idea of ents?
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Dave has been researching this for some time & did not share with us everything he already knows or has concluded:...
I keep wishing the 1870 Bible had been printed in Minyan 18mo instead of Minion 18mo.
The more I look at this, the more it looks to me like a modern ultrasonically cut hardstone cameo. The way there is a haze of white remaining at...
This is a much more interesting piece: [IMG] And correctly described: UNUSUAL ANTIQUE ITALIAN SILVER GILT TURQUOISE MOLDED GLASS CAMEO BROOCH...
It would make more sense to me if it were French. Would be interested to see, if you can find it again.
Seems like a fair price to me. Cameo prices have been all over the place, leading many sellers to have an exaggerated idea of the value of their...
Thanks for taking a look. The other medallions that are embedded into the reverses of the faux marble plaques are copies of genuine works that...
The blazon on the shield is a bit too perfect for a ski resort for me to think it is anything other than an invention to suit.
By knowing myself. :)
[IMG] Jewellery with seed pearls & tiny turquoise cabochons was very popular in the Georgian period, but this feels newer than that.
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Because people can be seduced by pretty things?
This is a sweet piece. The cameo looks like a Wedgwood-type of jasper ware pottery, and the description of it as 'paste' would refer to the...
"Natural material' means they hope it is turquoise, although aren't confident enough to out & out assert it, but are hoping bidders will make the...
It actually reminds me of this sort of thing, with devotional pictures substituted for the grandkids:...
Thank you, Madame, for sorting me out. I have no doubt the knowledge will serve me another time. :)
No, someone doing similar subjects in a similar style. As I mentioned, Clodion himself did not originate the style. See, for example:...
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