It doesn't look Mexican to me either. Central European somewhere would be a better fit.
The 3 should be inside a Mexican Eagle mark (aka a bell to the uninitiated , but isn't. Is the other a weevil?
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Finally! Posting from my tablet. Sorry about the lousy photo but the lighting stinks. I got out of an antique/jewelry store for $15 today for...
Between the fake Sevres mark and the cigarette uck, it should be affordable. If you want it, go get it.
I can see an 800 mark on the back of the flower - dead center. The bow..dunno, but there's definitel a Something dead center too. A sword mark...
What she said. The metal looks soldered instead of cast, and that ball thingie has dents. I would be hoping for gold but expecting silver. Brass...
Holy LARP costumes, Batman-san!
Not my thing, but I can see the buyer dancing all the way home.
It's been used as an ink seal, but that's as far as I get. Whoever owned it actually used it.
We went, had turkey came home. Mom took a nap, and I addressed Christmas cards. (all 12 or so) and watched Dallas pull one out. Now... Mary...
The white metal "writes", so my guess is either lead or high lead content. The pot metal they used for toys in the 1930s was a lead and antimony...
It's fun to wear the fancy stuff. I gave a friend's fiancee a Mikimoto (sterling and pearl) tie bar to wear at his wedding. (The bride was 70+.)...
Tourmalinated quartz for sure. The rutiles, i.e. needles, are tourmaline inclusions in clear quartz.
Definitely goats, so another vote for Heidi and the Goatherd and 30s. I like that.
That a duck boot, a Bean boot, or more to the point a [pickup] truck boot.
I was going to say that too. Catseye chrysoberyl, but test it to be sure. I don't know if the small stone is a diamond, white sapphire, colorles...
That's an EEK-style scratch test. These days many proper dealers have electronic testers, which leave no nasty marks.
No one here would even know what it was. I'm a copper girl and it's cool, but that's all I'd know too.
I'm a sucker for brocade too, but those little dresses are all I ever see. The unused fabrics do turn up once in a while, but it's rare.
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