How old would it need to be to be old? Sometime 1950s onward, I would say. There was a lot of faux Victorian in the 60s.
Glass or ceramic, painted. Don't get it wet.
Late 19th, I would say. Since there does not appear to be room in the box for anything below the oval, the hook at the bottom was probably for a...
This is just a generalization from experience with jewellery. Countries that wouldn't dream of using less than18k gold, except maybe for tourist...
Has it already been more than 24 hours since you made the erroneous entry? Sometimes you have to wait to try again.
The different designs on the 2 ends make me think marriage. Blanket chest?
That would be something. You'd need a tank the size of my apartment. I have 2 semi-aquatics: a western painted turtle & a surly beast that's a...
I really have seen very few of them over the years, always for big prices. Tortoise is even more stringently regulated than ivory & as the owner...
We have not been in contact in quite a long time now, but when Jivvy & I were chitchatting around the time she withdrew from the site there did...
From the title I was picturing a mass of shards on the floor.
Agree on all points. The black background may well be black onyx, an assembled piece like this needs sturdy components. But glass can't be ruled...
I have a beginner's gold testing kit which I never began to use, so I'm no expert, just raising questions someone more knowledgeable might ask....
Definitely French eagle 18k mark & a teeny little lozenge shaped maker's mark that we're never going to figure out. You're correct that the...
This would explain why all the photos are too out of focus really to render a solid opinion. In the one that's best I see some fine parallel...
The engraver was Johann Heinrich Schepp (the F is for fecit, Latin for 'he made [it]). The list of his award & commemorative medals is extensive....
Oh, I knew they were very tentative IDs, I'm just not ready to go even that far. Except that it's wrong in every detail, the only part of the...
She gives 'birth' to Pegasus & Chrysaor, who emerge from her neck after Perseus lops off her head.
Please do let us know what the verdict is if you do get an expert opinion. This one is really interesting.
Ah, thank you for the correction. Without the rest of the line, I was reading it as being in the present tense.
I would love to see these 2 in their entirety. [ATTACH]
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