I have thoughts but no answers. Can't discount artistic license, but, although in some ways the scene fits the story of the first meeting of...
A search for 'Catalin horse brooch' turns up a number of similar pieces, which all then seem to be for sale as Bakelite. I don't know which of...
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Gebetbucher = Prayerbook The preface is something about why there was need for yet another when there were already so many.
That one is very nice indeed. As is so often the case, there is one joker in the pack, one IDed as angel skin that is not coral at all.
You may still have to wade through some things, & make sure you are choosing the right one, but using the 'find' function makes it less tedious.
Apparently, if you type :, & follow it with p, you get that imogi. :p
Exploring your tip, I took a look, not at the page source, but at 'View Page Info', another option you get by right clicking on the page (but away...
Think you have most of it figured out: Silvestre sculpted the originals; Susse Frères (Susse Brothers) had them made. The remaining question is...
Maybe @drg642 can check for it, out of her very kind offer to share Worthpoint access? :)
Welcome, Judy. At that size, since it seems to be right way up when hung by the hook, wonder if it isn't an old bell pull.
Fourth photo shows the more narrowly angled Schreger lines of mammoth ivory, as shown on the FWS site. Agree the base is a cross-section of antler.
Another auction house euphemism: Small Victorian gold mounted cameo portrait brooch set seed pearls in original box (box at fault).
It's not a Cubist piece, it's just that Hagar's face reminds one of Picasso. It could almost be the design for a stained glass window. Hagar &...
Maybe framed a card with the name of the occupant of the cabin?
There is also the difference in age, rank & skin color of the woman on the left & the other two figures.
Thank you. Both are stone. The agate has to be treated to get a really black background layer, rather than dark brown. The one with the...
At least, if you had had one to sell, you would have stood some chance of correctly recognizing it as plastic! :)
Sorry - showing my own bias. It always amazes me that sellers can mistake these for shell. They are a better simulation of hardstone. Makes me...
No, just a fancy 'do: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=460064&partId=1 She was a...
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