Capodino?
Well, certainly doesn't look like glass. But if stone, really perplexing, at least for me.
A good guess. :)
Ends in noff or moff? My immediate reaction was that painting is Russian, but signature not in Cyrillic & 'Louis' not Russian form of that name.
Louis Capodimonte?! Louis for sure.
It requires a super macro setting to get good closeups of small things. Your digital camera may have this capability, or may have only macro....
Don't you just love the rush of finding something really nice hiding among the dross? I tried to edit one of your photos to get a better view of...
Yes, it's not that a tiger eye ring with a female subject is so rare, it's finding one in a chunky ring like that. Yours is really pretty. She's...
Maybe you could list the observations you have made already so we don't have to go over it again? We can't tell how it sounds when tapped, for...
Gail C____?
This is a random selection, could have found any number of others, but this starts as being about a menu & ends, at the moment, as an English...
Width & overall length? I can't figure out either in what way it is hinged. If you're willing to take the fabric off, could you show us? We...
If that's foam rubber, actual rubber foam rubber, that's another clue to age. Not sure when other materials became the norm for fill, but there...
I think that's the least of its issues, since there's no other indication of water damage. But thank you for pointing it out. I would not have...
I know zilch about this, but the look of the bottom was bothering me too. As I looked at others, so did the extreme vividness of the colors and...
I see the slight gap that prompts your suspicions. It's possible the cameo is original to the setting, but may have fallen out & been replaced...
Thanks @daveydempsey Was starting to figure it was something like that.
That's really interesting to know. Thanks! There are some cameos, cut in shell & pared down so they're extremely thin, that are then backed with...
One in the Walters: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/37839/pilgrim-flask-with-mercury-and-psyche/ Have to say, lots of serpent handles, but no...
Good heavens! Lots of condition issues, yet look at estimated vs. realized price:...
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