I think original clasp would have been a simple hook.
There appears to be a date on the large coin, which would be in the Islamic calendar. This will help you work out the numbers: [ATTACH] Year is...
I'm not sure what you're asking. Is the stone in question lab created? Obviously the cut can do nothing for clarity or color issues, can cut...
I agree: artisan or skilled home craftperson, one who doesn't knot. Maybe silk bead cord rather than thread? Clasp could be vintage, salvaged...
No, a pork chop. AI at its most rudimentary:culet.
Hope you didn't buy this; it has absolutely nothing to recommend it. Not just crudely cut but also in poor condition & no older than the 1950s....
Same here.
Despite the small size for a modern hand, Zeus/Jupiter may have once been on the hand of a soldier. An observation I have made when looking at...
I rarely see conch cameos that are en habillé. I am not a lover of en habillé cameos in general, as the cameo & the stone are rarely cut to...
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I see maybe R&N on the crown?
I see painted copies of this figure used quite frequently in jewellery (because sellers often mis-ID miniatures as cameos) & home decor items,...
I have one, also a pair of earrings close enough in design to look like a matched set, with color change sapphires, lab grown stones that show...
The faceting of the stone looks quite sharp to me. Stone seems more probable to me than cut glass/crystal. If stone, then citrine, although no...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I do not recognize it. Spent some time with it, but have to go do other things right now. What I think I see doesn't make...
I think this is critical information on the spread of electrically powered tools for working gems: [ATTACH] "Faceting" is the key word. It...
That's a lot to digest. And I'm always interested in learning more, so would love to have the reference for information on changes in technology...
I can see her special appeal. I agree that she appears modeled on an actual woman, one who is beginning to develop a double chin (a bit like...
Great photo Nick. Just to remind everyone, we're looking at the reverse of this cameo Medusa: [IMG] Sadly, there was no new information to be...
Or Geron., as in Geronimo?
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