Not always easy to distinguish. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I have bought glass that turned out to be stone. I have also bought pieces I...
From years of evaluating cameos.
Other than the mismatch in quality, what are you seeing that leads to that conclusion? Another thing to learn. :)
Having doubts about brooch lady. If copied from a formal portrait, I don't thing the earring would defy gravity that way.
Is any part of the original clasp still there? Less than 6 inches was probably a bit short, even when it was first made. Perhaps when the clasp...
Oh! And welcome, Lolly. :) Gorgeous piece, she says enviously.
The right height to reach into when you're seated at your desk.
My very authoritative mineral guide is emphatic on the point that this stone is properly called onyx marble. True onyx is chalcedony; marble is...
What a production! What part lights up? Hard to imagine there's nothing anywhere to indicate maker. Can easily imagine it's not so easy to...
That was my thought too. But my first thought was very high end file cabinet. A secret compartment goes better with home library/study use. The...
Others who know what is correct will come along, but I know that it would get called majolica on eBay. I love it. Size? Is everything on the...
Good Heavens! I didn't even know such things existed! Beautiful, & so detailed.
Now, can you give me a jeweller's insight into why anyone would make such a thing?
Ah, another thing to look for when evaluating a piece of cameo jewellery. Since most of the time photos are what I really have to go on, knowing...
Could very well be. When it comes to the 40s, I always assume participants in the war weren't making or buying discretionary goods that much in...
Ninabeth, I also tagged you (I didn't understand the first time someone tagged me) but yours would be a good voice to add on this topic:...
Not impossible, of course, but went back to look & all those little prongs, which would allow replacement of whatever they're holding (wouldn't...
With my blessing.
The magnifier I use the most, & sometimes use in conjunction with the lamp's lens, fits that description, & when it's set up (I rarely use it...
It looks like crumbling plaster around the edge, but is some/all of that the stuff that was holding it in the frame? Get the feeling the painter...
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