Agreed; bought one for myself in Taipei. "Made to order" for your own name.
Wish I could go to your thrift shop!
Brava; nothing like a direct hit!
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Rhodonite?
Exactly.
Agreed; and it was probably, originally, gilt, do you think
Wait! May I take care of the coral with you? LOL
Indeed; very 'cool.'
Garnets.
Was a 30-year Alaskan resident. This is a Potlatch spoon. Some vocabulary: Many folk in Alaska call the panhandle "Southeast" and the art of our...
PS: That single flower bead is worth at least $25US.
It's a VERY special necklace. The rectangular tube beads A very special necklace, actually; the rectangular tube beads are, am 99% certain,...
Agreed; telsum, Ethiopian, possibly coin silver with rectangular tubes, black glass (actually the deepest purple), with eyes; most likely...
That's what I was wondering; this sort of looks like a kind of horn.
Me thinks the spring ring clasp is newer than the necklace......
The bronze face pendant doesn't look to me to be African, at least not older African. See, e.g., Africa Adorned, by Angela Fisher. It looks to...
Are they carved seeds? Lightly inscribed? If not and they're formed, perhaps handmade rose petal beads? Break one so I can see the inside? Top...
Ahhhhhh. Yeah; have seen those. And no, probably never!
Had a loveseat with similar pattern, late 1800s, Chinese export?
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