I would have snatched that up so fast if it was at my thrift! Amphora is a good guess, but wait for others.
Thank you, Mirana. :) It's a good suggestion to reverse the adapter, I actually tried it that way first but then reversed it for the following...
Looking at the James Biggins silversmith site, it appears the silversmith made everything on there (which all appears to be sterling) which would...
Yikes. Waiting like that would have killed me. Why couldn't they have let the first 15 people in?!
Good luck and definitely report back!!
What an incredible story and find!! :)
Stones look like marcasite and carnelian or carnelian glass. It's a quite nice looking piece. Is the front silvertone with the carnelian...
Can imagine your joy when you found that hanging up with the costume. It's great!!
Exactly how I would describe this. Very modern looking to my eye.
If you have Google image you can get the style name of each which would help tremendously with research. Sometimes the larger versions have a...
Very cool! If you are selling, by all means play up the unusual glass.
I think maybe both Givre and Sabrina in this one? The red ones look like Givre, can't tell about the milky tan ones in the center. Agree,...
Follow up on the brooch. For some reason when AJ mentioned that a pendant would be best vertically oriented (agree!) it jogged my memory and...
The label is great. Definitely older, thinking antique based on style of when men were wearing top hats. Unless this company made reproductions,...
Was curious, too. Found a Canadian gold/silver buyer online that uses a calculation. I think this is for knives filled with resin, so if yours...
What an interesting piece. I can't recall seeing similar, so will defer to others as to exactly what this is. A couple of observations. Likely...
Moss Agate is very earthy. I never thought one way or the other about it before starting my search this week, now I'm a bit obsessed. This...
Thank you Bronwen! The safety chain makes total sense as to what that little ring was for. But maybe could be modified to be a pendant? I'd have...
I've been on the hunt in the last few days for a Moss Agate piece. Someone I know requested a "Moss Agate necklace or earrings" for an upcoming...
Agree with the statement that some costume pieces can be worth more than gold or silver, and jewelers can often be clueless about these pieces.
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