That was my thought too. But my first thought was very high end file cabinet. A secret compartment goes better with home library/study use. The...
Others who know what is correct will come along, but I know that it would get called majolica on eBay. I love it. Size? Is everything on the...
Good Heavens! I didn't even know such things existed! Beautiful, & so detailed.
Now, can you give me a jeweller's insight into why anyone would make such a thing?
Ah, another thing to look for when evaluating a piece of cameo jewellery. Since most of the time photos are what I really have to go on, knowing...
Could very well be. When it comes to the 40s, I always assume participants in the war weren't making or buying discretionary goods that much in...
Ninabeth, I also tagged you (I didn't understand the first time someone tagged me) but yours would be a good voice to add on this topic:...
Not impossible, of course, but went back to look & all those little prongs, which would allow replacement of whatever they're holding (wouldn't...
With my blessing.
The magnifier I use the most, & sometimes use in conjunction with the lamp's lens, fits that description, & when it's set up (I rarely use it...
It looks like crumbling plaster around the edge, but is some/all of that the stuff that was holding it in the frame? Get the feeling the painter...
I know. I discounted Georgian, but still think it looks older than Savvy.
Apologies: answered his own question. I was sleepy & Slava seemed like a feminine form.
This is the same type of thing, except frame looks older: [IMG] SUPERB, ANTIQUE GEORGIAN MINIATURE PORTRAIT PAINTING ON PORCELAIN / WOOD FRAME...
See this guy won an award at the Exposition Universelle of 1855 & meant to tell you that just a couple of hours ago I was looking at an account of...
From the glimpses we get from the tidbits of biography that come into your posts, it sounds amazing. :)
I would not put too much effort into the Savonarola. It is really a weird, effeminate copy of the Fra Bartolomeo. There is nothing special about...
Is there anything on the back? Limoges was the source for many miniatures on porcelain.
It is probably painted on porcelain. Porcelain portrait miniatures are abundant.
Looks like a Bible on the leftmost bench too.
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