Thanks for giving it a try. If I had it in hand, I would be checking the line where the figure meets the ground along the edge with a loupe. I'd...
Something like that was my thought too. It takes 2 pegs to hold 1 of whatever it is.
That's the determination I'm trying to make. All a single piece of hardstone (pietra dura; banded agate; sardonyx) or shell glued to stone or...
The latter, is my feeling. Reminds me of: [IMG]
Looks like it got old enough that someone felt it could do with new paint.
From the front it looks like shell to me too, but from the back it looks like stone. If I had it in hand, I would want to examine closely the...
The Cupid & Psyche decoration does seem more appropriate for the boudoir, but...? The carver has abandoned convention by giving Cupid the...
Check it over to make sure there are no chips or scratches. Also look carefully for a signature. Once you can describe it accurately there are 2...
Thank you for the calliope concert. Are you suggesting the lamp was ever used in such a setting? Or just has that vibe for you? Your first...
They know it's glass, although glorifying it as paste, & they make no representation of the metal as gold. Looks to me like there's a crack...
[IMG] Thank you @komokwa She must be very young to know so much. :cat::turtle:
If you do an eBay search for 'copper enamel bowl' you will see many others. The value is in the enamel work. The copper bowls are like blank...
I don't have any other terms for it, but know there are people who enamel the inside of copper bowls & other people who collect them. I have one...
Is the ring as gold colored as it looks in photos? Was the area where Aqui has the circle there when you found it or did the jeweller do that?...
The USSR used to put marks on the outside of rings, but these are not Soviet marks, as nearly as I can make out.
I don't think we're going to see Weird back here. The mods have removed 3 posts she made telling me off for my ignorance, presumably her parting...
As ever, I reassure myself that no one in the market for a 900 EUR cameo would be uninformed enough to buy this one. Art LaRosa does have a web...
REALLY?!...
Pill box size. When I see carnelian & turquoise together on silver, my first thought is always one of the Himalayan countries. But the silver...
"Blackamoor candelabra" is a fruitful search.
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