To me it looks like a 1940's Beacon or Beacon-style camp blanket. They were made of wool, wool/cotton blend, all cotton, or cotton/rayon blend....
If you sell your earrings online, here's an eBay title for earrings like yours in a different color that sold for $147.50: "Crown Trifari Alfred...
For those who may not already know this....In the 1940s, Alfred Philippe, Trifari's head designer, created what came to be known as jelly belly...
Yes, I stand corrected...original Trifari jelly bellies were Lucite. I remember reading somewhere several years ago that Trifari used recycled...
PS, after searching Trifari "moonglow" on eBay, I did find a few listings that referred to the glass cabochons as "moonglow," but most of the...
The earrings were made to go with Trifari's coronation crown brooch, which came in several variations. The examples I've seen online call the...
I should have mentioned that Lizzie's necklace certainly isn't in need of 0000 steel wool polishing.
Here's an example of using 0000 steel wool on an antique rose gold filled hinged bangle bracelet that was especially tarnished and pitted around...
Beautiful necklace. I agree with the MOP verdict, and I think the necklace is most likely late-1800s or early 1900s with what looks to me like a...
Great information for finding the sold price for at least a few items on Etsy...I didn't know that was possible. Regarding eBay, I've been...
Thank you @J Dagger for that information....a new term for me. I spent quite a bit of time googling Shishi. The first examples I found were...
Good to know, thank you.
Thank you, Kiko, that sounds like a pretty good guess. I wondered if foo dogs are Chinese or Japanese and learned that in Japan they're called...
I'm asking for help on behalf of my sister who was given this little carved wooden foo dog by an elderly man who lives in Minnesota and Florida....
An example of semi-older jewelry with toggles is 1980's Anne Klein collar or bib necklaces. Some have sold for hundreds of dollars.
I'm late to this thread, but wanted to add that anytime you see earrings or pins/brooches with a metal back that is clipped to another metal disk...
For me, the dead giveaway for "new" necklaces is a lobster clasp with a dangling chain extension. I don't know exactly when makers of "mall...
Maybe for the lady of the house to hide a few coins to pay the milkman (so kitty can have her saucer of milk)?
Like Any Jewelry wrote, it needs a swivel clasp at one end that attaches to a pocket watch. I think it's called a vest pocket watch chain. One end...
I have a similar necklace that was my mother's (born in 1912), with graduated beads cut like yours, but clear. It's also quite heavy. She called...
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