Featured Two pairs of earrings need of help in ID please

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by IvaPan, Jan 2, 2023.

  1. IvaPan

    IvaPan Well-Known Member

    Hi folks and Happy New Year!
    Among my last year's acquisitions are two pairs of dangle earrings of which I struggle to identify origin and age. One is amber (looks natural under UV light) and the other is stone, probably amethyst (not sure if it comes banded) with a smaller diamond cut stone (also amethyst ??) on the top. The amethyst pair is marked 925, the amber one is not marked and not tested. Will appreciate any opinion on origin and age of the two pairs, also if amethyst can be banded or it is not amethyst at all. The smaller stones are dark purple and quite well preserved (no chips or cracks, no wear of edges) which makes me think that they are made of some hard stone, no idea what.
    Thank you for looking!
    Amber earrings7.jpg Amber earrings1.jpg Amber earrings5.jpg Amber earrings9.jpg Amethyst silver earrings4.jpg Amethyst silver earrings3.jpg Amethyst silver earrings7.jpg
     
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  2. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Banded is agate, possibly dyed. I suspect both are from somewhere like Bali or Indonesia, and relatively recent.
     
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  3. IvaPan

    IvaPan Well-Known Member

    Thank you, Ownedbybear! I didn't know that there was cognac amber in Indonesia, it looked to me European (the amber, not the whole piece). Maybe imported??
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Almost certainly. Gemstones move around more than Covid germs.
     
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  5. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Couldn't have put it better myself. Navajo using coral, for example.
     
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Or synthetic opals for inlay.
     
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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    And spiny oyster!
     
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  8. IvaPan

    IvaPan Well-Known Member

    This is actually intriguing. This amber started from North Europe - Baltic, travelled far East, crossed almost the entire globe to Indonesia, was made into earrings there, then travelled back to Europe and ended up at a flee market in the Balkans. Quite a journey!
     
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  9. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    That's how things work these days.
     
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  10. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    They always have, too. It's one of the things I love.
     
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