Featured Filigree turquoise earrings and old brooch.

Two bits from a bag lot.

Earrings look vaguely middle eastern? Haven’t closely examined the turquoise like stones yet. They could be anything from glass to another type of stone for all I know. Partially given that I think these earrings are likely pretty old I’d guess the stones are real turquoise. Most pieces in bag were in 80-110 year old range or so. Not that glass, plastic, and other stones weren’t used back then but just a hunch. Not sure if earring age but I’d guess easily 50 years old and possibly up to 100 years old or so? The pierced part/post things I would guess were replaced?

Brooch I thought was lava stone at first but looking slightly closer I have no idea. Guessing this is a Victorian piece maybe 1860-1890 or so? Jet? Mourning jewelry? Plastic? I’ve been drawn to this piece since buying the lot.

Any thoughts on any either or both? Would like to know the whole who, what, where….

 

The earring cabochons look like glass to me.

Could the flowers on the brooch be bog oak? Vulcanite?

 

Those earring hooks look modern. I am thinking i had some thing like this from Tunisia in the 70's but in silver.

 

3rd pic down,is that tiny letters I see on the right hand piece?

 

Could be glass. I’ll try to get loupe on the flowers in daylight after cleaning them off a bit.

 

Yeh figured those were newer. Tunisia huh? I’ll check into that lead. Thanks

 

I thought I saw something too but chalked it up to sloppy metal work. I’ll look again in good light. It was dark when I took the photos except in my light box which is hard to examine things in.

 

Brooch is certainly older. Tunisia is a good thought, I saw stuff like that there.

 

The brooch is 19th century. The black is one of the jet lookalikes.
I can't see the length of the pin like that, could you photograph the back with the pin horizontally?

Yes, those small kidney wires are modern. Agree with North African, and 70s is certainly possible. No older, with those wires.
North African could also be Egyptian, which is what they look like to me.
Sweet little things.

99.9% certain it is glass.

 

Try 100%. I've never seen anything but glass glued into similar earrings, unless it was plastic.