Very interesting, for me a bureau is a chest of drawers where I keep my clothes :)
In the late 70s a young teenager said to me "Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?" And in the 90s someone said "There are two versions of...
Yes, but what do the "bars" mean, what are they marked for? My gem tester has marks for glass, quartz, topaz, ruby, sapphire and diamond among...
Donna, do you know anyone with a gem tester? Testing the stones may answer some of your questions.
Here in the USA that would be called a desk, is it called a bureau elsewhere?
I had a pools of light necklace with thin silver wire wrapped around each orb like this one and yes, there was a slight groove the wire was set...
Yes, last one is a dress clip. A fur clip has 2 prongs like 2 pin stems.
Pools of light are rock crystal orbs (tested) set in silver (tested) around each orb, not drilled. There is nothing else that needs to be tested,...
Sweet glasses, and your photos are great!
YEA!!!
“German silver” is the same as alpaca, silver colored metal, but not precious silver.
YIPEEEE!!!
Thank Mr. Nate, I was sure you would have advice :)
Mr. Nate does it again :)
Calling @MrNate and @gregsglass - can you help???
You can try looking here: https://www.collectorsweekly.com/user/TallCakes/posts
No marks? The metal is brass? They are probably glass, nice vintage bracelet.
Hard to see, I tried lightening it up a bit... [ATTACH]
Very nice job, the wood especially looks wonderful!!!
OK, it's not an antique, it's not collectable, but I've wanted one... [ATTACH] Last year a friend built a screech owl house for us. We got no...
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