A resource that might be helpful in your research - https://www.getty.edu/publications/virtuallibrary/temp/9780892366385.pdf
You might also try contacting one of the sellers that identify it as Hubley, such as the one listing on Rubylane, and ask them how they identified...
Sorry, I could not see they were ladies!
The lines may be a result of how the crystal formed, not evidence of a sawcut, similar to this - [ATTACH] https://www.mindat.org/min-31316.html
If you still have photos in your file, you could try a google image search. They frequently turn up our discussions here.
One more thought, @skyshark - If your discussions here are typical of the way you have communicated with various "experts", you may not have been...
Google translates the text as "Amida Nyorai Zenrinji Temple". Amida Nyori is "the Buddha of Limitless Light". Zenrinji Temple is located in Kyoto,...
Just because they tell you something you don't want to hear does not make them pretentious. They are telling you what they know based on their...
Orpheus?
Also a good example of "pareidolia" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia
Welcome, @Tiffanyann57. Your closeups are a little blurry, so it is difficult to see, but it might be helpful if you can tell if the fibers look...
Yazzie is a Navajo name, and the style is typical of Navajo pieces. Kachinas are a tradition among the Hopi and Zuni, so figures made by Navajo...
It is always helpful if you tell us everything you know, or suspect, about an object when you post. It saves us from spending time repeating...
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/posting-a-thread-and-uploading-pictures.15990/
One more possible resource I meant to include - https://cmrae.mit.edu/
The same applies to us, few of whom have extensive knowledge of archaeometallurgy. We have provided opinions based on what we can see in your...
The spoons are often lost, and might be replaced. Is there anything about the bottle itself that might suggest a date?
The pointed end of a horn is solid, and could provide a large enough piece if it was a large horn. The cone-within-a-cone pattern visible on the...
#2 and #3 are Japanese in their subject matter, and do look like ivory. The painted ones, imo, are modern Chinese carvings with Chinese subjects.
It looks like they may have been made as bases for lamps, but not finished. Here are some examples whose lower portions that look similar -...
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