Potties, get your bibs on: https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/potteries-specialist-auctions/catalogue-id-srpot10323
I can see hair being delegated to an advanced apprentice.
@Snowman Cometh Don't know if you have stumbled into this thread yet or not, but this post immediately reminded me of you & your household:...
I don't think this painting dates to the 15th century, as it looks. Advanced painters still perfecting the art often copied, maybe still do copy,...
Considering Christmas is almost upon us, I think you better start thinking Valentine's Day soon. :joyful:
A ketubah is a traditional Jewish marriage contract, which stipulates each partner's rights & responsibilities. Looks like there might have been...
She's 20th century. I would be interested in seeing the back. I don't know if they just hadn't caught up yet, or it was meant to be a bit...
In my world, engraved gems, when a design is arranged in layers like that, each layer is called a 'register.'
They are 'in relief', bas (low) relief.
Word of the day: pleochroism. Think morganite would be a stretch.
Think that it's too much to hope it is padparadscha sapphire, the only stone I can think of with that combo of colors. [ATTACH]
Just beautiful! @komokwa
Grain is associated with abundance, fertility, if grain it is meant to be.
Is the size right for bookends? Size? Do you have more than 2?
Could you show the stone against something other than your slight pinky yellowy orange tinge fingers? Think if I showed this to my jeweller he...
I clean shell cameos with dish soap, tap water & a child's toothbrush, so it's not going to harm a diamond. A quick way to restore glitter is to...
Flanked by archangels. Can't see anything well enough to know which. Probably Gabriel & Michael.
The central figure looks copied from Raphael's 'Madonna of the Goldfinch.'
I tried: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] When looked at this way, the pearls look like stones that were used in the building of the monument. Pretty sure the...
Museums are good about clearly marking their replicas so that they are not taken for the real thing. This may be a replica, but probably not one...
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