If I'm seeing a notched collar, we're in the right era. There's a resemblance to portraits of Titian, but, again, appears to be too much hair....
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Interesting that some lengths of the necklace are knotted, but not sections with pearls. I would say: If they are artificial pearls, the spacer...
Also says 'Spain'.
What sort of guy is your dad? What area of achievement, arts, science, politics, etc., interests him enough that he would have a medallion of one...
Except your guy still has his hair? [ATTACH]
Sort of looks like Darwin: [IMG] However, he looks like many other men of his time. You can compare with this Pinterest board of cameos with...
Not sure I'm correctly understanding how this moves. Does the second photo show it with only one end raised? Does it lift on the left as well?...
It looks like a monogram of TA or AT to me. The A at the bottom could be the potter.
I love the Finnish Moomintroll books, barely known here in the US. Very big in Finland &, you guessed it, Japan. I could never figure out how...
Think it is Denise & that last name also starts with a D. Désar(m)?____ with another é toward the end, perhaps iére. This would be quite a usual...
This one is especially for @BoudiccaJones She is really an Amazon, the pelta (shield) and labrys (double-headed axe) are the clues, but what do...
Would a couple of batteries fit in there? It does look like a pointer. Wondering if it could be a forerunner of the laser pointer & that little...
I like this one better than most from this period & later, but with funds & space limited, I try to stick to things that appeal to me, sometimes...
If that rack is shown oriented the way it would hang, the cues would be vertical.
Good question. I don't think anyone has studied or written about cameos like this, or given them a name. Early in the 20th century, cameo...
In the Symposium, Alcibiades likens Socrates to a satyr & that became one of the conventions for depicting him, with a bald head & snub nose....
Is there anything one can do askance other than look?
Consignors to auctions often wish to remain anonymous. I don't know where you live, but I have no neighbors who could be described as a 'lady of...
Think cues are not stored horizontally because they warp. Wil's rack looks so much like the one komo posted in essential ways, particularly the...
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