S Boyd? https://boydglass.com/
The inset faceted bits may be cut steel, or simply 'steels'.
And quite some time ago I promised to show another little Charles Schmoll ("Silz") piece, probably early work, but the only Aurora I have seen...
Speaking of Bacchus/Dionysus wreathed with ivy instead of grape vine, this is a recent acquisition of mine. Not the most nuanced of carving, but...
Androgyny seems to be more the rule than the exception with these and I have had deep although friendly disagreements with another collector,...
Oh, and please show us the results of any cleaning. It can be absolutely transformative.
That is exactly how I began to go about it when I moved on to buying as a collector. I was focused on learning how to 'read' them, to recognize...
Welcome, Pica. Thanks for coming out into the light & sharing your treasures with us. Can't tell you the glow it gives me to hear that this...
I don't really see a bail, more like an attachment point for a guard chain. I believe the correct orientation is the one Ruth shows. Gravity...
Very large colorless stones with a lot of fire can be cubic zirconia.
I know the halogen lights ("halogen" for halo-generating?) in my display cabinet make diamonds twinkle like nothing else. I don't know if they...
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