I admit to being far from certain. I looked through my photos of cameo materials, comparing back & forth Celluloid/similar & ivory & it didn't...
Is this about how to put lipstick on a pig?
This casts a different light on things. So, for a time at least, your friend (you must miss him deeply) was buying collectors' beads. Great that...
I'm going to stick mine out even farther & say ivory.
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Uh oh. From site given above: 9. Any bottom description of a decoration or scene indicates that the piece was not decorated in the Vienna...
Maybe this will give you heart: https://antique-marks.com/vienna-porcelain-marks.html Ackermann& Fritze definitely did this sort of thing,...
My memory of this is very sketchy, but know I once heard that people were being puzzled by receiving packages from Asian shippers with odd things...
I was thinking something used on a vanity. Looks in great condition. Agree on OBB's cleaning recommendation.
Does your friend remember how/where acquired? Antiquities are such a minefield. Look how long the Met Museum had the Egyptian cat with a gold...
The thumbnail is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Willard#The_Spirit_of_.2776
Sometimes I think some of them use witchcraft. :)
Maybe this is him in his period of banishment. And, after all, it is a fountain. :)
Here it is in another, completely different surrounding: [IMG]...
The Romans got the Greek Chronos, Time, confused with their Cronus, also called Saturn. Saturn is very often shown with a scythe, even though it...
[ATTACH] You can see the figure has walls, is not solid, which the sound produced by your tapping also indicated. Point is that they are not...
Has to be, unless some noble had a copy made for their property. Wonder if they have relandscaped or is the alley of trees in the plate's...
No. In the second pic you can see the piece is hollow because the piece covering the bottom has had some damage on the left & you can see into...
After starting at $100. Is the signature the same on both?...
I'm amused by the activities represented at the cardinal points: painting/art & music, pursuits of the mind; also butterfly collecting & archery....
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