It sure wants to be. I've seen this style in both Israeli and USAian variants, but never Italian. The one in your hand doesn't look like it's...
The first one looks like gold-filled and old, but I'm not sure how old. The other two are Etruscan /Archaeological Revival and Eastlake for sure....
It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it.
I think one of the first things they made was pool balls.
Post Exchange - a store on a military base in the old days. I think they call them commissaries now. It was a safe place for personnel to go buy...
Now I need to take a photo, huh.
The only mark of hers I've ever seen. It's never blurry either....
The mark isn't a match.
Japanese foiled glass wannabe, but the flat shapes of the yellow AB are new and the clasp is all wrong. They're not strung like the Italians would...
The opal looks like it has a sterling mark. Lab opal, just in case. The gold oddments on the decoration may well be 14k and marked on the other...
I know the feeling. I found a not-horrible cameo this weekend that I had to grab quickly. Alas the setting is most likely costume.
If it's hand-painted and marked Nippon, try 110-120. The Nippon part of the mark was mandated by US law around 1890 and the Japanese went to...
That looks like the old Morimura importers mark, aka Noritake and even their really good hand-painted pieces don't appraise well. I have a...
That's a sister clasp - the two halves "sister" together. They're very secure but a pain to work sometimes. They were used on a lot of bracelets...
I'd be thinking Grand Tour souvenirs too, or some such. I think the fly is a cicada.
Definitely a Gothic vault, as done for real and not Victorian gothic revival.
I'd donate it to GoodWill, which tells you what I think of it. I barely give them the time of day. :stinkyfeet::stinkyfeet::stinkyfeet::stinkyfeet:
WHOO! Nice! Dollars to donuts they had no clue what it was, but then again no one uses stamps.
It looks more seafoam green than sky blue on my monitor- a total early 60s color. I'd be worried about toning from sitting on the wood for 60...
Nobody's expert here, but they're pretty. The green one looks like a good possibility.
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