The bondage cameo look would not suit me, but wouldn't turn down any of the rings. I appreciate that she starts with good cameos & shows them off...
May always have been part of a lustre candle holder.
This one appeared on eBay in the last few days: [IMG] [IMG] http://www.ebay.com/itm/233089465720
I have been hearing versions of this construction mangled repeatedly in recent years, from all sources, including commentators & panelists on news...
It makes me think of Notre Dame Cathedral, where not everything referred to as a gargoyle is a downspout. [IMG]
An excellent project. There is no reason soapstone could not be used for cameos, just as it is used for the Chinese intaglio seals. You must...
The Flora cameo is gorgeous. The chances are slim, but have you checked the back for a signature? Sometimes you have to try angling a piece...
Experts said the value of the album 'can't be understated'... Never listen to experts. It might be hard to overestimate it, but surely you can...
I don't think she's black in the sense of African. She looks more Pakistani, Himalayan, from that part of the world & the script also looks like...
Unakite
'Soapstone', 'alabaster' & 'marble' are terms that get used informally for more than one type of stone, all of them pretty soft. I would not want...
I agree with the general consensus about the age of the cameo & would put it to the first third of the 20th century. The other brooch looks...
The cameo is the goddess Diana/Artemis: https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/olympian-gods/diana-artemis She is cut in conch shell, which...
American Heritage, I think. Looks large for reading material. Looks perfect to keep at the foot of a bed to hold shams & bedspread if not used...
You're being far too kind. I call these hatchet faces because they look like they were cut with a hatchet.
Maybe it was like this? [IMG]
If you mean that bit right at the center of the band, I think it is just decorative, although I can see how it gives that impression....
It had a guard chain or may have been connected by fine chain to a second, smaller stick pin. Looks large enough to be worn on the lapel of a coat.
While I would be quite happy to give it a home here. It looks like the gem that is impression #2594 in the Tassie collection: [ATTACH]
This sort of thing tickles me at least as much as picking up for a bargain price a piece that most other people would also recognize as being of...
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