Definitely applies to cameos. And signed ho-hum pieces generally sell for more than anything that is not signed, no matter how beautiful.
Here is the reply I received to a request for translation or verse reference: Surat al-ikhlas - 112 Vv1-3 (but with some omissions of text) In...
[IMG] Do I see a lot of napkin rings? Or is my sense of scale distorted?
Welcome, moon modern. Full size photos preferred: [IMG] What is the size of them? Not sure 'figurine' is the right term but don't know what...
Yes, hinged. But if bail does not turn 90 degrees, piece would want to hang sideways on a chain or ribbon.
Perfectly decent Czech glass, in need of a cleaning. Believe me, there are worse out there. When people doubt that, I always use this example:...
If color is native to the stones, olivine, tourmaline & andalusite come to mind.
AJ nipped in ahead of me, but I was going to say, natural zircon & man made cubic zirconia are not the same thing. Real zircon is quite...
Light is good. Not proof, but promising. Although gold itself is heavy, its value means that jewellers tend to use it as economically as...
There are other pieces out there also from the "Tanz" line, also bearing images of figures dancing.
Apollo, hand cut helmet shell, some hairlines, some dents to the frame. Changes to findings on back blurring the age; probably last 15 years of...
I assume she is the personification/spirit of Dance.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/868089456/antique-brass-rooster-match-holder-brass?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_s...
Some sources say that if you put Galalith in water sufficiently hot (but not so hot as to melt it) you may be able to smell the formaldehyde. One...
India is my first thought. @Any Jewelry ?
Could you keep matches in it?
The item from the Pickwick Arms looks like a phone dialer. The name Ga-Li-Nor suggests a play on koh i noor & makes me think these red & white...
Agree, in a shade you really could call angel skin.
I would say it's a cat, just foxy colored.
No, no. Sorry if I was not clear. They are similar to a favorite genre of Claude Michel's, but I could not find any evidence that this pair are...
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