I'm voting stamped brass, mid-20th.
Could it be W.E.K?
For the butler to bring in visiting cards to milady?
That keeps nagging me too. Our lady of the brooch is full frontal, without the artistically posed head.
Thank you. :) After all the work the team of us did on the Olenin cameo & your tutelage, I'm getting good at making it appear I know something...
Learned something new: know aventurine as a stone; did not realize the word was also used for a man made material. :)
Hmmm. And yet those dots are so large & clear & there isn't one after the K. Also, the one after the middle character is so out of line. It's...
I'm not going to ask. :)
I had never heard of Ed Wiener before this thread, & now...
Malyshev seems to have been active a bit earlier than appraisal letter suggests. Have to keep in mind they could not research on the Internet.
See #3: http://www.300magazine.com/culture/antique-russian-icons-as-masterpieces-of-religious-art/...
Back of 5 saints: [IMG]
If I'm reading the lower word correctly, it is МАЛЫШЕВЪ, which IM Translator transliterates as Malyshev. There is something before that, maybe...
Scrimshaw from England makes me think Royal Navy. This is a ship's corporal: [IMG] http://www.victorianweb.org/history/navy/22.html
Think my eye was glossing over it as shadow, but it's very dark, so maybe a neck scarf wound tightly & ends tucked in. I'm also not sure whether...
Maybe from something like this: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/a-portrait-of-queen-louise-of-prussia-by-gustav The painting was by Gustav...
She seems to have been endlessly reworked....
My guess is this is sort of a stamp of approval, an imprimatur. Maybe one of our Russian readers with take a look. @Figtree3 [ATTACH] Or...
The silver people will get here. Meanwhile, you might try using 'trefoil' as a search term.
Welcome, LadyLuck. I cna't help you, but want to compliment you on your excellent photos, just what the paperweight contingent need to see. :)
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