I bought this in a lot, sure that it was Georgian and possibly even 18th century. It looked right in the listing, but in hand something's off....
Im drooling! How do 'clever' guys not know the value of these garnet pieces. I was following this one on Ebay Score!
Oh!! I did think it was scottish, but it sounds a bit more special than that yippee! I thought this would date to 1900-1910 because of the length...
I found this cute little brooch today at the charity shop. It tests as silver but I'm trying to figure out the stone. I thought I saw air bubbles...
It works perfectly! I've got some miniature paintings coming in the mail that I have a suspicion I'll find hard to sell on so the watch will be...
:woot::woot::woot::woot: I bought this for resale but she's so pretty.... I can't find much on Arfena except they're Swiss. This one is in...
Thank you both @hunt2 @Angelo1! The cross has since long been sold so I don't have it anymore, but good to know!
Thank you! :woot:
How stunning!!!
I adore georgian/these solid closed back silver pieces. Never thought I'd be a construction junkie but with these types of jewelry you can feel...
Behold, my latest find! This is a show and tell, I found this at 2AM listed as a silver tone 50's brooch. I knew otherwise :woot: 15 euros later...
This isn't either, it's in the garnet range though! Just retested it today.
When I got it I tested it and its 9k, I may test it again to be sure its not higher...
on the moth necklace? I hadn't thought of that. It does have greenies though, or did. I'll take it out tomorrow and have a look. Thanks! I...
Interesting! I'll look into this, thank you!
Oh interesting, can garnets be purple? this one is definitely purple.
Update: Now I have a gem tester I took the brooch out again and tried it out, ding for diamond!! Shame about the chip, but I'm definitely not...
This weekend's finds Amber Chip necklace and a crystal set in silver, should be amethyst but isn't gem testing high. 10 euros for the two....
Oh boo hiss, that's annoying! I got them to sell in a lot with my actual sterling and amber earrings. I'll look again with the blacklight but...
I'm sure you all get tired of asking the same amber questions so apologies in advance but I'm running a little short on time to search through...
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