It's beautiful.
I'm able to find the shape by searching for 'Wedgwood miniature urn' but not currently in black jasper ware.
Or the one piece from this set?...
Is this what Wedgwood calls the shape? You do not mean this, right? [IMG]
Guessing mother's maiden name.
[ATTACH] I would add that OP's bangle has been colored to look like hennaed ivory, adding to the idea that it is from India & genuine ivory.
It has been cut down to size, smoothed & polished, but think the fundamental shape is how the wood grew. Looks like, as terry said, a stump, with...
Yes! I wish this were standard practice. Have never wanted to visit LV, but think an invitation to dinner at your house would get me on a plane. :)
This is the one I mentioned: [ATTACH] This is the one AJ is pointing out: [ATTACH] And scout's: [ATTACH]
Think RL photos are copy protected. The bangle AJ found is similar in the 'stones'; this one strikes me as being similar in the painting:...
In my mental image of people enjoying a pre-dinner cocktail, they are not doing so at the table. But it would be awkward to be milling around...
I have never even heard of these. What sort of thing might one be using it to pick up? As for the original post, were you suggesting that these...
I do vaguely know that much, but would really have to be surreptitiously looking at others to be sure of getting it right. It's a similar...
Really great photos. I can't see any of the telltale signs of any type of etching either. Working out the symbolism was in my field of...
My stepmother was a nurse & had half a drawer full of white slips. After she died I took the cotton ones & they're perfect nightgowns for the...
Polishing removes a little silver every time. One thing for solid silver, for plate...
'EP' is probably for electroplate. Yep. E P - C = electroplated copper. https://www.925-1000.com/silverplate_E.html
I would know how to use the salt & pepper shakers.
Sounds very saintly.
You are right. To become a book illustration, someone had to translate the painting into a form that could be used to easily make multiples. We...
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