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Thank you so much for this very helpful link! Could you please help me figure something out: There is a line at the top that reads, "Estimate...
A few years ago, my elderly father donated what he considered to be the most valuable material asset in his possession to a university library....
Thank you so much, @Any Jewelry. It is enough to know that the likely origin is Kazan, pre-1896, as this would explain to whom the shirt studs...
My great-grandfather, to whom this probably belonged, attended Kazan University in the 1880s (when it was Kazan Imperial University). So what you...
These pieces are 3 cm. in diameter. The Russian word дарю (“daryu”), across the front, means “I give.” I don’t understand what the significance...
Thank you for sharing those wonderful photos of owls atop books! It would certainly make sense that this was a graduation gift. The idea about...
This majestic owl is a memorable part of my childhood, as it watched over our dining room, from its vantage point on the top glass shelf in my...
The stone in this ring belonged to my maternal grandfather. My guess, for a number of reasons, is that the portrait carved into it is that of...
Thank you so much to everyone, for your many helpful and informative comments! My wife is (understandably) reluctant to invest much money in...
Nothing on the band that I can see. I suppose it's possible that they started with a simple gold band and the ring was purchased later by my...
Is it possible to surmise anything about the diamond (assuming it is genuine), in the ring in the photo? It is approximately 8 mm in diameter....
That just goes to show how little I know about jewelry. Thank you for the correction!
I think that's just the way the light and shadows may have played onto the stone when I took the photo. Shining a flashlight onto it and using a...
This is another piece (2 inches across) in the collection for which I’ve been soliciting information. Is it likely, I’m wondering, that the...
Well, you certainly called that one right. Maybe I'll offer my niece and nephew a family slogan: "Bugging people for five generations."...
This fanciful piece was among the things my maternal grandparents took with them when they left Russia in 1916. As I prepare to pass this along...
Yes, thank you for your interest. With the kind assistance of my wife, shining a flashlight on the piece, while I got as sharp a close-up as I...
My grandmother told me that this pin (about 2.5 inches long, the top piece about half an inch in diameter) belonged to my grandfather. It was...
My grandmother told me that this cup was a gift from an uncle. It was among the things my maternal grandparents took with them when they left...
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