I have always understood cairngorm to be smoky or orange-y shades of quartz named for the region where it is found? Maybe there has come to be...
Hi Tarren. Aren't you glad you asked? :happy:
Really nice. Designed to be a fob seal but the carnelian was never engraved. Given the color of the faceted stone, I have to think glass. Given...
Thank you. She's quite small, but photographed like a champion. Funny thing is, within a few days of spotting this one on eBay, stumbled onto a...
A cautionary tale about auction houses and misinformation. Just a couple of weeks ago I was made aware of a cameo coming up for auction by a firm...
These are the results of a search of the British Library's catalogue of incunabula for 'Bible' & printed in France. You have to expand the record...
She radiates serenity, but I'm afraid she looks like cast resin to me. The photo of the bottom is the clue.
Although my cameo collection does not include anything that an auction house would tout as 'important' jewellery, here and there I pick up pieces...
From what I can see, the scenes look Georgian rather than Victorian.
If anyone can produce any support for the coin dealer's assertion, I'd be interested in seeing it.
Hulya, are the irises of her eyes colored in?
Not the same, similar idea: https://www.chairish.com/product/1265817/iridescent-ceramic-water-nymph-statue
Hello, Hulya. For our English speaking members, I think the word you wanted is 'nude'? She's lovely. As Debora said, generically a water...
LOL. My cats are on their own this morning. I may not know anything about the history of printing techniques, but I'm good at knowing what is...
[I reposted the picture because it was making me crazy looking back & forth.] The 'certification' from the 'auctioneer appraiser' leaves a lot to...
Sure it's not MS?
Fibru is in the business of making products with insignia for organizations; they are not fine jewellers. Their main site seems to be down, but:...
The first word that came to me was sunburst, but also things like Mughal & Indian. AJ may have some thoughts on it.
De plane! De plane!
In the mysterious way of the currents of the Internet, notice of this auction washed into my inbox today:...
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