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Screw back earrings, please help identify blue stone
Hi,
The below earrings are 9 cart gold with screw backs, but I can’t identify the stone. It looks like mother of pearl, but blue, the shine moves with light. Can it be foiled glass? I have... -
Antique Portrait of a Chinatown Tong War 'Hatchet Man' or 'Highbinder'
Here's an etching by A.B. Dodge of a Chinese Tong War 'Hatchet Man' (a Tong soldier/enforcer).The were called 'Highbinders' because supposedly they bound their pigtail queues up into a bun under... -
Small jardiniere in ceramic majolica ID help please?
Hello I hope everyone is having a great Sunday!
I have a little mystery today picked up in France at a brocante- stamped and marked but I haven't been able to ID it.
I think it's French enamel... -
Help, Please. With Raw Agate: Ellensburg Blue, I Hope?
Pics are in broad sunshine. My UV light renders it dead white. ~2 3/4" X ~2 1/4", ~170 grams. In hand, it looks like a chunk of Antarctic ice!
Without a gem tester, how may I determine what it... -
Mary Sweet Collage
Don’t imagine anyone knows the Mary? Can only find one Mary Sweet artist via google and she didn’t start til 93’. The collage is dated 76’. -
Just FYI - Big Wedgwood auction
Just FYI - Nice Wedgwood auction coming up - I didn't realize the range of things that they made. I think this one is gorgeous.... -
Odd light blue beads
Hello! I picked up this very long necklace (abt 58”) yesterday, I was drawn to its texture which I’m not sure how best to describe — soapy? rubbery but not? I guess I’m a tactile person because I... -
1778 Needlepoint Sampler
I was idly looking through some modern prints in a charity shop and found this sampler.
Not something I know anything about but it appealed to me for the effort put into it.
The verse is rather... -
Help ID Oriental Black Box
Hello folks-
Can anyone identify the type of ware pictured here? We had difficulty deciding what the substance is of this black Oriental tea caddy? with the 8 carved panels. We feel fairly sure... -
3 Chinese 'Mud' Monkeys; Marked, & Modern, I Think
I've been collecting the 3 'No Evil' monkey most of my life. But these aren't them.
I haven't done any research, but had to move these, an' thought to share here.
More pics will be posted...
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