I was thinking Persian too, but I agree with aj, tricky to attribute. I do think it’s silver.
Part of a garniture.
I’m old enough to have used film cameras, and even did some black and white develope and print. I do find a real camera easier to control.
Common limpet, which is a form of snail. They move around! Eat algae and barnacles and stuff. Some are quite edible, too. barnacles are odd...
The lens is the crucial thing. I’ve a Panasonic with a leica lens. Excellent thing.
I did an advanced marine zoology field course many many years ago. The creatures that live on bivalves and other molluscs are generally symbionts...
Many of the vases attributed to Mandruzzato aren’t. They only made the clear cased ones. And Scandinavian makers did them too. Not surprised...
I see so many like this, but can never pin them down.
See, this is why I like a real camera. ;)
If anything, the work would be finer on a Georgian piece.
Edwardian with a replacement stopper.
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