As for the butterflies:...
Assuming the 'lith' on the mushrooms is for 'lithograph' or 'lithography'....
The signature on this vase & the one shown with the pix at SIS's second link are not really a good match, although similarities of name & work...
A definite possibility, but think more likely to be clam shells ground down to the nacre. I have a fondness for shell novelties & admit to owning...
The other person to ask is @kyratango .
You nipped this in while I was writing. So yes, not lingerie, although that was a plausible idea without info on size.
Spent some time first trying to remember where among my 'holdings' I see similar findings, then digging those pieces out & examining them. They...
I did, but probably never did again once I no longer had to do exercises in learning Palmer method cursive. Now kids learn 'keyboarding'. Think...
I'm going to throw out the idea of a sash buckle again. They seem often not to have been fine jewellery, but they are also a type of item that...
'Quality' for sure. 'Plate', probably. But simply can't make the first bit into 'The', no matter how much I look. Unfortunately, what I think I...
Could easily be a typo, but according to catalog, Mrs. T.W is Sturges, while painting signature looks to me very much like Sturgis. It would be...
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