That is a beautiful piece. I am currently taking a Jewelry 1 course at a local craft center. Working with copper and brass at the moment but...
These are all just gorgeous! I too have never come across pieces like this...I will be keeping my eyes open wider!
What about the top edge? It looks like it is ground flat and not polished/fire polished. Does this make a difference? I tend to shy away from...
This would be my understanding of a 'frog'. But this is still probably used for flowers...is there a particular name for this type of flower...
Beautiful pin and good luck!
These are super-duper gorgeous! Like SBSVC, I don't wear much jewelry (in my case the same sterling bracelets for nigh on 40 years...I do add on...
Wow, that's a site I never found...I have bookmarked it!
Pieces like this are tough to ID. If you do facebook, the group I would check with first is Glass Lovers Glass Database. You will need to...
Nice Terry! Here's my first contribution to this thread...a Tiffany item I got for 3 bucks! I always scope out the frame section now: [ATTACH]...
This is a very unique form for a reamer...I searched too and found nada...
Just an update...I was able to get this tested...on visual inspection the jeweler said it was quartz and that testing would be $5.00. I plunked...
It is 21.5" long (not including the clasp). It does look like it's strung on filament; I was wondering about that too...and I like the term...
Yeah, that frosting is sort of getting in the way of a good visual ID; but it's so pretty!
I'll take a closer look at the 'stones'. Some of them do have internal imperfections (which I'm not sure is damage or natural) and some small...
Thanks Hollyblue, and yes they were definitely not precision engineered. Adds to their charm I think. Thanks all!
I know, right?
Oooops, the order of the photos got rearranged when I changed the last one (now the first one) to full image.
[ATTACH] What do you think? Frosted quartz or frosted glass chunks? The necklace is 21.5" long (not including clasp) and weighs in at 5 ounces....
The Ask the Expert link points to this Value.html page.
You should check out this site: http://www.vintage-ronson.com/ They offer history/value reports on vintage Ronson items (at a cost looks like)...
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