It's clear you need another case.
I concur. Wellington & Nelson were popular themes, no doubt asked for by patriotic British tourists to Rome, not all with quality results. With...
It's a helmet shell, not a conch sell, but otherwise:...
Could it be Wellington? Or are you asking where your wife put it? Latter costs extra.
Sort of like a scholar's stone, except an interesting root.
Hotei?
It's the sort of thing that was popular when my grandmother was a young woman, say 1912 - 1921.
I'm sure she has made at least one appearance in the cameos thread over time, but the easiest way to find her is here, a place I used to hang out...
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My best cameo piece came from an auction of Texas unclaimed property.
The borderline is whether it is opaque or not. You can see the categorizing problem here.
The lid is closer to qualifying for jasper than for agate, although I could see making the case for it. The line between jasper & agate is fuzzy;...
In retrospect, the square perforations were a clue. I love all the purpose specific cutlery the Victorians came up with.
I'm with dude on siren. It's kind of odd for her to have front legs, but I think they were necessary for structural reasons.
Think they were all forward facing, the way the Rondanini is usually shown. They were not cheap. They were more gorgoneion, like this one:...
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