If OP is correct that it is a loop soldered closed, & not a hook that has been bent in, anything that attached would have to have a hook. There...
Do you sing while you beaver away?
I rotated the photo to the orientation I think it goes in, with the pin running right to left & the loop at the bottom of the brooch. The design...
Yeah, 'bottle green' was big in the 70s. And in the late 70s there was a lot of colorful, inexpensive glass home decor stuff on the market from...
It may not stand taller, but can probably reach over your head with that beak!
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That's better. Think you are showing it to us upside down. Most brooches have the pin attached for the convenience of the right-handed, so...
Heckle or Jeckle? Love it.
Gianluca, although I did not contribute anything useful for this description, I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your asking permission...
'Committed' is really a secondary meaning. If you are familiar with any of the Romance languages, you will recognize that the fundamental meaning...
The Getty holds such marvelous things. Thanks for showing us this one. As their page says: This piece used a technique known as commesso...
Size? Bigger than a creamer; smaller than a water jug?
Wedgwood Queensware, similar, not same.
New twist on a torque, too.
Photo or miniature on porcelain? Pretty sure cameo can be ruled out.
Check out the images if you search for 'minton pitcher grapes'.
It does not look like a cameo to me. I'm probably misreading it altogether, but think it's a photo of a small child. [ATTACH] Other thoughts,...
You will both be puzzled by the description of the intaglio in this ring: [IMG] If you don't recognize him, you can find him here. Think the...
Welcome, goslow. Think you need to make access to your photos public; we can't see them.
The ones I find strangest are those that have some Dionysian image on the front & the photo of a child or a hair memento in a compartment on the back.
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