Yep, she is en habillé. Think I prefer her without the usual chain, which really can make them look like they have a millstone around the neck....
Hello Raaayonn, welcome. It looks like it has been made using little seashells, some of them painted? Maybe also bits of mother of pearl? Think...
Worth exploring.
Was trying to add the quote from Chris, couldn't find a way to do it using the built in feature, so went back to copy & paste, except only way to...
I have seen antique propelling pencils made by Marden. Comparing specimens of Agatha's signature shown on line, do not think this one is hers,...
And we will see it...when? :happy:
Ditto on this one: As suspected, the earlier message has reappeared. Only read this one if you want to go over it again. Actually, seem to...
As suspected, the earlier message has reappeared. Only read this one if you want to go over it again. I just lost a whole long reply when I...
Marie's two cameos are both helmet shell, the first, of a grape vine wreathed bacchante/maenad cut using only the pale layer, the second,...
I want people to post anything they find pleasing or puzzling that relates to the field in any way. I'm only a little fussy in that I prefer the...
I really don't think it has anything to do with the Jacobites, but if it did, I could see it as a covert expression of anti-Hanoverian sentiment....
I was not comparing anyone's causes, merely pointing out that symbols & emblems can be used long after whatever they originally signified is well...
The 2 on either end who look like escapees from a living tableau of the Nativity look way to big compared to the others.
The man behind the guy in western dress does not appear as though he is participating in the same event.
What Bronwen missed was that it is all 3 of those figures. I did not notice the taller figure in the back is also wearing a face veil. Agree...
This strikes me as a professional quality contraption. As Dean observes, it was made to slide in & out like a drawer, so I see it as having been...
Think it does. So many flags are quartered this way, there may or may not be any significance to it. I have an empty mourning brooch (black...
You are sure to meet kindred souls for anything vintage/antique you like. Welcome. :happy:
Gorgeous! Think I'd have the roof raised!
Assuming the brooch & the symbol are contemporary is like concluding from a Confederate battle flag on a US car bumper that the American Civil War...
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