If there's any positive you can chalk up for the big, international auction houses, they get a lot of eyes on things. In both cases, do you know...
I like the necklace your wife made.
It has a fineness mark. Do you mean a maker's mark? I'm going to ask @Ownedbybear for clarification on UK gold marking standards. I just do...
Or maybe horn.
If 'real' means actual shell then yes, it is real. I'd put it to the 1950s or after.
From the 1 photo, & lacking measurements, I wonder if this is a wine coaster? Concur with cxgirl that it's a watch fob that has never been engraved.
I see Zanaratova.
I'm seeing F Nissen.
Other than for those of exceptional value, auction houses do not themselves research items consigned for sale. Mainly they take the consignor's...
I don't know how to be certain, but something I look for is how well, yet economically, a piece is made. If parts are thicker than they need to...
A purrfect reply.
You might want to use Thread Tools & change your title from Gotham to Gorham.
@Any Jewelry is our expert on jewellery from the Middle East. Let's see what she has to say.
This was an investment quality gem.
Estimate was CA$3,000 - 5,000. Hammer was CA$80,000.
Well, someone got a nice surprise when the hammer went down:...
Alessandro Masnago was an early 17th century gem engraver who used stone like no one else I've encountered.
I see now that my post may have come off as competitive, my amazing artist is better than your amazing artist. My intention was to share some...
[ATTACH] There is a resemblance to modern Egyptian marks, but I think it's one of the other countries that uses Eastern Arabic for numerals. My...
If you want to be wowed, scroll through this search of the collections of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
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