Eclectic doesn't begin to get it.
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At the first link it says the language is Latin. Only the poetic quotation is in Latin. The Index is in Italian. Very little indeed.
My guess is that it is a quotation from the poet, exalting Rome, like putting This sceptred isle on a map of England. Around the edges are...
Same thing, just in layers. Microcrystalline quartz, all of them.
And it's signed! It's actually pretty well done. I'm not sure what techniques are available to modern shell cameists. I suspect it is no longer...
I nearly sent you that link, but didn't want to bombard you with suggestions until I had a better idea of what you were envisioning. The 2 pieces...
:hilarious::hilarious::hilarious: Think that makes it very unique, doesn't it?
The beads all look like stone to me & fall within the color range of carnelian - sard & red jasper. Bottom line is quartz.
They're crawling out of the woodwork! Good news for me, since the blue ones are much more common than the frosted it would seem. Thanks for...
They look very heavy-duty for cutting gauze or tape. I'd hate to cut gauze with those short blades, if these date to a time before pre-cut...
You're surely right about having to guess at the age. The catalogues give an idea of the oldest a design can be. As for the latest a design was...
Here is a list of the pages on the glass & glass paste site you found that came up in a search for Vallerysthal:...
She describes herself as 'a curator of tabletop accessories' and 'an avid collector of Portieux Vallerysthal Opaline'. She seems to have mainly...
I see sewing/embroidery scissors; child's safety scissors; some kind of utility scissors. Bandage scissors as I know them are stainless, because...
I was wondering what was going on with the shades of blue when I was looking at images of glassware identified as PV. There is this color, which I...
Oh, I like the less decorative pieces too. A lot of people must have liked this blue, for there to be so much of it around.
Not that he doesn't actively try to give the impression. Think I have seen all of these on eBay at some time. Looks like he tried to run an...
Sounds as though your cameo is something like this, only darker? [ATTACH] http://www.ebay.com/itm/331770451875
Hello, G.P. If you can still edit your post, it might be good to get the word 'spoon' into the title. Some of our members are serious spoonies;...
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