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Could it have been regilt to improve appearance of soldered places?
Looks like a decorative item to me.
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Can you direct me to a source for this information? Perhaps a museum example? Always looking to learn.
A pink coral cameo would have been prettier.
The cameo is lava [as evelyb just added], unusual in a ring & not a very sturdy material to use as a ring stone as it chips & erodes easily. Is...
Quite a number of posts come up if you search the site for 'ormolu'.
Would like to see the underside.
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I'm aware of another conch St. George that I think is significantly better than mine. I feel I cannot show it because it is in private hands, not...
Chert.
Agree definitely Egyptian, although I think steatite rather than ceramic. Very unusual in having the top as well as the bottom of the beetle with...
From what I can glean, the oldest of these would not be antique. Bertonnier did not make it into Leonard Forrer's comprehensive Biographical...
https://www.cgbfr.com/louis-xiv-le-grand-ou-le-roi-soleil-medaille-de-jean-baptiste-colbert-sup,fme_401210,a.html...
I still have my mother's Shirley Temple doll, in the Stand Up and Cheer dress. Only the fingertips show wear. Think she was kept on a stand most...
I would also look into Navajo for this table fetish.
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