Is the arm metal or wood? Is that a blade attached to it?
Edit: See you have already come to a conclusion. It is sensible, I think. Certainly you need much more information before deciding to buy. Here...
Yours looks like a less detailed version of the vigilant lion. But maybe all lions look pretty much alike when in this position.
Something acquired during the war would make me nervous. US military officers weren't paid so well as all that. If I'm interpreting this chart...
A search for 'German silver bowl repousse cupids' turns up many similar pieces. Only looked at a few, but c. 1900 seems to be the consensus.
Others who know something will be along, but the ivory heat buffers on the handles of the pot & their evident age look promising to me, supporting...
Check Canova lion bookends. Think this is one of the pair, which are in 2 slightly different poses.
Does the book say where the tazza was at the time it was photographed for the book? This one did better than expected at Chirstie's, but nothing...
Bakelite mining, what an image.:happy:
I sit corrected on badger tails. :happy:
You all beat me on Liberty, so will throw in one of the 'capped bust' coins: [IMG]
Isn't there some writing behind the cat/samurai's right shoulder? Do we have anyone who can read it? Badgers do not have long tails either....
Thanks so much for this. Now & then I encounter cameos described by sellers as meerschaum, but so far have not seen one I think actually is....
Was prompted to see if I could get a decent photo of this one after seeing the 'Centaur of Attention' that @lloyd249 has for an avatar. It is...
Whether genetic or learned, I can't say. My mother certainly liked beautiful & interesting things, particularly if vintage/antique. If she had...
In the course of my life I have been told that I look like Louise Lasser & Diane Keaton. I have been mistaken by a drugstore clerk for a soap...
Coffee, probably too much of it. :happy:
Not all lapis has them. E.g., these beads: [IMG]
Oops, forgot pic: [ATTACH]
I've got it. Leonardo da Vinci in drag.
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