On the whole, I think he's a toad. That's Mr. Toad to you. :joyful:
Looks like Baltic/egg yolk/butterscotch amber. Should feel less cold to the touch when first picked up than stone or glass would. Seems unlikely...
Well I think he's a toad & love him, warts 'n' all. I have a night light that visitors have more than once mistaken for one of my turtles.
The one from eBay is obviously a reproduction - they are all over the place. I can't find one to match yours (a very young idealized Catherine)....
K. Ulicz? Trying to think outside the English box. @Kacper, do you know what country these are from? Google is suggesting I mean Ulucz, a place...
See the very first thing I wrote, above the picture. If nothing else, it is most definitely a woman. :happy:
Even if you didn't mind wearing napery, Isidora should be a warning! :joyful:
Just had another look at the bottom. I don't read Russian, but think maybe it says Hermitage? Museum reproduction?
Catherine the Great. I keep finding this one (at the moment being offered on eBay for about $73 US by a seller in the Ukraine) but not yours. [IMG]
Eighty inches is Isidora Duncan long. Thought from title it might be a piano shawl, but not right shape. Wondering though if it not a runner or...
This is strictly personal opinion, but when it comes to original art work or anything unique, for which there is no way to see what an identical...
I had not heard of using the wife's maiden name initial for this. Seems a little odd, as the flatware is typically acquired in connection with...
A lot of Egyptian gold tourist souvenir souvenir jewelry is rose gold, so maybe some connection with alloying to get rose or green gold & fineness...
They couldn't find any ties the right size.
We had some discussion around this general topic not too long ago for another trunk.
I still have the 2 footlockers I took to college way back when. One has unneeded bedding, the other, stuffed to the brim with Christmas...
I'm waaay challenged when it comes to deciphering photos. Now it all falls into place. Wonder whether the F family had a whole set of flatware...
Guess you better put your slippers on & take it back down to the basement. Eventually the bottle will be a Soviet antique.
I'm completely out of my depth here, but every image I can find identified as being the Francis I pattern looks like this: [IMG] leaving no room...
Was going to write that I have been told it is difficult to solder 2 different types of metal together, but decided I'd better do some checking...
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