A+ Of course it is not the cameo that was carved, it's molded. It's actually quite elaborate, as well as a bit weird (I before E. Hah!). The...
This is going to sound soooo snotty. I have a copy, signed by Draper. I made him do it in compensation for standing me up the first time we had...
A snake in a chalice. I forget how it goes, but there's something about an attempt to poison him. With that info, you'll be able to find it quickly.
That's why I wanted you to see a more accurate example. This is because I keep overlooking the very lightly etched sideburns! Going out now.
If the expression were not so stern, I would have said the engraver was going for Athena. I find this one very ambiguous. [ATTACH]
Follow up. Taking a good look at the plaster impressions, have to guess the engraver of this one was not working from a good source. A poor...
A dragon. This is Achilles. If you go here: http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/gems/tassie/default.htm and enter the number 9198, you will see a...
They're real, not part of the design, just age. They are superficial, on the surface only. Same with the coloring. They turn up painted...
Sorry. My bad, as people say these days. I didn't scroll back up far enough so gave you the wrong one. Bakers spotted it. The one to give a...
Compare the third one in #11 with the test. Disregard the coloring. As I wrote: Be aware that they can be other colors...
Brave girl to go first, but you need to review the course material in post #11. Take a good look at the photos, then come back & look at the test...
OK, pop quiz. Do you think this will sell? [ATTACH] Vintage Gold Filled Women's Silhouette Cameo Pin Brooch Starting bid: US $4,999.99...
identify the maker The name is probably that of the sculptor who made the original. The maker of the statuette is someone else altogether.
Starting the free association process that sometimes gets us to an answer. It's a variant on the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd. May be an...
Cirth [IMG] https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/cirth.htm
I can see it from the USA.
Only seeing this now. Looks like Tolkien's Dwarvish to me. Or the common tongue (modern English) written in Dwarvish runes.
Since the title of the second one is a place in Germany, guessing the first says Hessen.
The title on the second could be Schwarzwald, Black Forest. And by E. Kirschstein.
And here I thought a Thaler was someone who lived in a German valley.
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