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Dessert58 liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Can you help identify brooch please..
The ebay seller's dating is a bit ambitious. The shape of the mark is 1944-68, and the style of the brooches is ca 1950s-60s imo.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:22 AM -
Dessert58 liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Can you help identify brooch please..
Welcome, Deb. It is an Italian maker's mark, from the province of Alessandria.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:22 AM -
Dessert58 liked Marote's post in the thread Can you help identify brooch please..
The other mark that, to me, looked like OST, could be 750 upside down, i.e. 18 carat gold
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:22 AM -
Dessert58 liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Baroque and Silver Bracelet I’d help.
These bracelets are recent and still being made, so the mark could also be too recent to be included in the usual lists.;) Maybe a...
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:21 AM -
Dessert58 liked Brubaker50's post in the thread Baroque and Silver Bracelet I’d help.
I have what I think is pink and white baroque Pearls on a sterling silver chain London 2004 and the makers mark is SU in a rectangle...
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:21 AM
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Dessert58 liked evelyb30's post in the thread Anyone else sees antique French jet necklace like I do?.
I'd have figured those for 1950s Czech glass straight off. Maybe as late as the 70s depending on the length. The barrel clasp used...
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:21 AM -
Dessert58 liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Anyone else sees antique French jet necklace like I do?.
Yes, it looks like French jet, aka Bohemian glass. But just to be sure, have you tested it for jet? Age is difficult to say. I had a...
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:20 AM -
Dessert58 liked shamster's post in the thread Anyone else sees antique French jet necklace like I do?.
Another fresh find from charity shop, a French jet necklace to me, the clasp is also same as a Whitby jet necklace of mine, what do you...
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:20 AM
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Dessert58 liked Any Jewelry's post in the thread Are these old beads ivory?.
They look like tagua nut beads, also known as 'vegetable ivory'. 15k gold clasp is great.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:19 AM -
Dessert58 liked evelyb30's post in the thread Are these old beads ivory?.
They sure want to be ivory, but...nope. I'd figure tagua nut too.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:19 AM -
Dessert58 liked Ownedbybear's post in the thread Antique shell rosary box.
They’re still made today. And yes, the numbers are for matching.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:17 AM -
Dessert58 liked kyratango's post in the thread Antique shell rosary box.
Nice piece! Usually those roman numbers are seen on hinged pieces as lockets. It was for pairing the parts made in series.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:17 AM -
Dessert58 liked evelyb30's post in the thread Antique shell rosary box.
It could be 20th century too, post-WWII. They were made then too.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:17 AM -
Dessert58 liked pearlsnblume's post in the thread Antique shell rosary box.
I have no clue, but you could be a hand model.
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:16 AM -
Dessert58 liked nastina.nastea's post in the thread Antique shell rosary box.
Hi dear Members, Here is a shell/mother of pearl rosary box that I bought today. As I understood such kind of boxes became mostly...
Jun 12, 2024 at 4:16 AM
