Could be an aquamarine/beryl, but not gem quality.
I've heard of literary lions... Cluttered spotted the chip a little while ago:
I'm liking the smelling salts hypothesis after looking through these: http://antiquebottlehunter.com/salts.html Had thought maybe the mouth was...
He has an especially lean & hungry look compared to others that are similar, but no stripes?...
Obviously now you need the chair.
Wonder if it could have been part of a set for traveling, this sort of thing:...
You'd be amazed how useful one of those really long hatpins for really big hats can be.
I'm going to post this again because it gives at least partial answers to questions about what to call it, when it was made & what it's made of:...
You're too kind.
How are you finding the weather?
Excellent! Living in an apartment, I soo envy anyone who has decent work space. Wouldn't mind having the degree in biology either.
This must have been one expensive toy in its day. Does it still roll? Could be covered in actual horse hide. Not so cheap now:...
Welcome Laura. What a great piece. What are you planning to do in your restoration? Will you keep it? Now, as someone who is probably about...
Not a cage for pet bird(s)? Does appear to be meant for indoor use & is decorative as well as functional. Or for really large cricket? :happy:
Definitely French, molded material, delightful Pierrot. Looks to me as though mark is this one:...
It's an interesting piece. The kneeling figure is essentially the same one used as the emblem for the Society for the Abolition of the Slave...
Think it says 'Studio-linie' not 'Studio-line'?
My best take on it is that someone loved this ring very much, wore it regularly, maybe rarely took it off, to the point that the stone became so...
She's very elusive, isn't she? Wonder if it's just coincidence that both water color women conspicuously wear crosses or did Broughton somehow...
Cleaned up it looks even more this way. I was also struck by how much newer than the shank the bezel looks. Kind of looks to me as though the...
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