The metal piece has something to due with the 4th armored division.
The "stones" look like conch shell to me.
It could be almandine garnet,they can be dark like your photo.
You might try the search function in this public Facebook group.They do show up for sale and there is a number of NA silversmiths that can make...
Most people call it picture jasper.
Without a identified maker's mark it's impossible to date the ring.The type of engraving on the original ring has been done for over a hundred...
Looks like the ring was cast and sized at some point.
This was my finished project at the class.Shakudo base with gold foil silver sheet and wire. I meet James Binnion a mokume gane master and a...
Read this... https://abfabtreasures.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/what-is-the-difference-between-toledoware-and-damascene/
It was steel and fine silver foil.
The Japanese damascene is called Zogan inlay and has a number of techniques. I attended a class for nunome zogan a number of years...... [ATTACH]...
Alpaca is nickel silver an alloy with 60% copper, 20% nickel and 20% zinc it could be silver plated.
In the USA you need a registered trademark to mark precious metal content,it could have been made by a student/hobbyist.
Information from the "inventor"....... https://www.brainpress.com/Foldforming.html
The technique is called fold forming,example video.... [MEDIA]
Anyone can sell mammoth ivory except in about a dozen states which ban the sale of mammoth ivory.
If it's not jewelry put it in the Metalware section.
Silver soldered with brass/copper parts was considered a solid piece,so the actual silver content on your piece might be around 55 percent and not...
If it was made in the USA before 2000 it would have been illegal to mark it sterling.
It looks like an older style,but you would need the experts here to help. I would never oil an opal since it not needed for most opals,Mexican and...
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