I don't suppose the indentation with the dots constitutes a mark of some kind? [ATTACH]
How is the stippled effect on the uncarved areas achieved? This carver has a distinctive way of making bird wings, with what I'm calling a notch....
Here's the disclaimer on another listing for a small framed painting on ivory: In accordance with eBay rules I guarantee that the paper thin...
Maybe I just wasn't seeing them, but seems only recently that I have been seeing ivory openly offered on eBay, like the inlaid clock in earlier...
He was channeling Georgia O'Keeffe? I was seeing drill holes too, but no evidence of them elsewhere, so standing by the grunge hypothesis.
Can see why you considered Arabic: left hand mark in first pic resembles an Arabic 18.
Would be hard to do. Trying to imagine it without the black spots. They may just be accumulated grunge caught in deep places & distorting our...
I have taken the 'maybe it will be better than photos show' gamble & been right more often than not. I don't venture too much when uncertain....
That's it exactly. Critter on the other corner appears to be aquiline, again with horns. Does your Medusa have horns? Sometimes I see her with,...
I've definitely seen worse. And the mount is a nicer one than the simple silver bezel of the country scene. I rather like that one, but head of...
My impression is they don't really want to have to police ivory, not because they don't care about elephants, but because how are they to know if...
They made errors in the other direction as well, lots going unsold that were expected to fetch at least $300. I didn't look at everything, but...
Nailed by law enforcement or by eBay? Good reference for US law: https://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/factsheet-can-i-sell-it.pdf
And knowledgeable. :)
This will give you others for comparison.
An interesting little piece & probably Georgian era. Clasp replaced - pretty common, but, unless details are whiting out, George not well...
Trying to compare creatures. Difficult from photos alone. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The ones on the Met's box have leonine heads with horns....
Without the handle, not sure you would get your 2 pounds back. There are an awful lot of beaded evening bags on the market. The handle is what...
If you hang on to it long enough, you'll be able to say 'antique' without guilt.
The ring looks entirely intact to me, mainly plated brass. The only part that stands out as different, but surely original, is the silver colored...
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