Just wondering as these were sold as Czech. Did they ever do coated glass? Thankyou for looking :-) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Little charity shop find. I’ve not seen facets like this on a pendant before. You can probably see but the best I can explain is on one side a...
I was monumentally slow on the uptake about these beads:facepalm:. I thought they were glass but I kept thinking there was something odd about...
Tag says Ag and marked 925. Ideas as to who the designer is please? Thankyou :-) [ATTACH]
Confused by this Saphiret Sapphirine is it or isn’t it malarkey and what the excitement is over it :sour:. Yay or nay? Thankyou :-) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Another rescue mission. Before I glue it back together what do you think it’s made of? Amber? It does fluoresce under UV. Or some early plastic?....
I've bought a job lot of antique and vintage bits so I've got a few bits to post pictures of. All need restoration and bought for my education and...
I picked this up from a flea market because it looked unusual. I noticed it was signed although I couldn't see by whom. Took a gamble for £8....
Delving into my limited knowledge of mythology and who had winged feet I'm presuming this is meant to be Hermes and the globe represents travel?....
I need inspiration please! Just before I take these apart to wash and restring- how old do you think these (Czech?)beads are and what type of...
No questions about this just posted for interest. I saved this from being thrown out and it’s got some fascinating bits of history in it. Not...
Just loved this when I saw it. I can’t see any lines it in at all. Do you think it’s bone or ‘that of which we shall not speak’? If it’s ivory I...
Another nice little find today. Reverse carved and signed JEA or JFA. Any idea of its age (genuinely old or a wannabe?)please or does the...
Went to a table top collectors fair today and found a few nice bits :-). A white and red coral brooch- looks quite elderly to me?. Any idea of...
I was inspired by my other post to teeth test my considerable hoard of pearls to try to educate my palate as to when a pearl isn’t a pearl. The...
I've always struggled with pearls to know what's real and what's glass, now I know what the teeth test is meant to feel like. I picked up these...
This arrived in a box of jewellery. I’m interested to know if it genuinely has some age to it or if it’s wannabe vintage? Any clue on the stamps...
Morning all, Can I have your advice on this watch strap buckle please?. It was sold to me as gold but it’s gold filled. Marked B+N which I think...
Another is it or isn’t it post I’m afraid. Do you think this is reconstituted amber or not amber at all? Does the construction give any clues?....
Just glass and base metal but do they indicate a likely decade please? Around 2cm top to bottom. Thankyou :-) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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