Pipe cleaner crafts were popular in the 1950s (so were cocktail parties). There were kits & probably ideas in magazines devoted to things kids...
Who, who, whoa. We need INH's attention on solving problems, not trawling for wrongdoing! Congratulaions INH. :kiss:
Is this Hawaiian lava, not the stuff called lava from Italy? I'm having trouble understanding what the point would be of covering lava so it...
I have warned a person who might have to deal with my stuff when I'm gone to look inside everything. Everything.
The primary image for the cameos is a medal by Girometti: [ATTACH]
Michelangelo is a stock subject (this whole thread starts with Mick) so maybe it does not take as much time to complete one as we imagine & cutter...
Didn't find Antonio Guarracino but did find a big gallery for Gennaro Garofalo. Really interesting to see a number of works by the same artist...
Not that we were able to learn much about him. Suppose just knowing he's French & not Italian is something. And that it's Lamant, not Lamont....
She really is. It surprises me too. It's a very good Michelangelo. If the cutter did not discover the damage until the piece was well along, I...
[ATTACH] I've never seen coated lava; can it be this shiny? From description & appearance I think these are some kind of seed or seed pod.
That was kind of a musing thought. I don't know enough about amber to be sure whether pressed amber would look the same in UV light. (Suspect it...
My immediate reaction to it was a thunderbird. Not to say there's any Native American connection.
'Sister in Christ' sounds like she could be a fellow religious.
:hilarious::hilarious: I've had that brain.
Fourth is a carved bone Celtic knot with what looks like smoky quartz.
Second one is a druzy quartz formation. Can't tell what color the trillion cut stone is. Could be aquamarine, blue topaz, doctored quartz....
To recap: https://www.proantic.com/en/display.php?mode=obj&id=595785 [IMG] Samson Paris 19th century "Polychrome porcelain. Mark: crossed...
Leda & the Swan.
The Vatican is not in Venice. St. Mark's, perhaps?
An appraisal could cost you more than it's worth. You have good terms now for describing it. When in doubt about the value of an item, an...
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