Are you asking about the lock mechanism itself, or the opening in the wood to accommodate it?
Yo! @komokwa ! Let's get that party started. 10,010 views as of this writing.
So you'll have to play dumb. :joyful:
I don't have the right language for it, but think it has to do with seeing the same size photo on screens of 2 different sizes. Not sure if...
We're all friends, but I'm trying to be a lady here.
I was thinking that too. I have one with chrysoprase in several tiers. A friend in Australia told me the market was flooded with them in the...
Love it. If I may inquire, what career/line of work did this grandfather go into? Just enjoying getting to know him a little. Don't answer if...
Biting my tongue not to type the first reply that came to mind. You can't laugh when you're biting your tongue, or I would be....
Holly knows way more about fine jewellery than I do. I can't make any guesses about the stones based on how they are cut, but it's possible they...
Yes, Mary, in a very traditional presentation. [IMG] Does she have a bit more of a face than photo captured? She is nicely carved, not...
I do a lot of this sort of thing trying to find the original art that is the primary image for one cameo or another. In my experience, you find...
Last night I did a little more playing around & pulled out a small case of jewellery I had not examined with the UV light yet. Most things just...
Most of the time I hate to see things scrapped, but if the stones have little to no value, & you don't like the design, which looks to me like it...
The 'ca. 1750' 'wax' cameo is also their single example in the one page section on 18th century cameos. Most English language literature on cameos...
It says 18. VI, except rotate 180.
Another source of inspiration could be poetry, although that does not in any way rule out a religious theme. Spenser & the Romantic poets were...
It would not be Circe: [IMG]
Gives a terminus post quem for the framing, some clue as to date.
If it is a Christian/lions image, appears she is not in the arena but in the quarters where the cats stay between shows. At least it's not this:...
I loved Yertle the Turtle.
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