That's a wire tie bar/clip, they were common from around the 1930s-'50s - with that little enamel plaque, would be an earlier piece... ~Cheryl
Don't know if eBay's regulations in Italy vary, but you have this item listed for sale in the U.S., where eBay prohibits selling 'Ivory or bones...
.830 fineness. They made a lot of jewelry in the same pattern... ~Cheryl
Apparently no longer available on this site either: https://www.parrissjewellers.co.uk/?searchStr=amber&sub=Go%21 [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
This is my 1977 Turun/Sarpaneva spoon in the 'Pitsi' (Lace) pattern, I know it was still in production in the '90s: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Turun Hopea produced many of the same Pentti Sarpaneva designs in silver, the earliest date found in a quick search for the same bracelet in...
https://www.designtoscano.com/product/dancer+of+kapathurl+illuminated+sculpture+-+ky5726.do?sortby=ourPicks&refType=&from=fn [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Though I'd always loved digging around in my Mom's button tin, started collecting buttons when I was 15 (long time ago!) and my great, great Aunt...
Looks like a parrot to me too, one of those with short, blunt tails, like an African Grey - and Swedes would have pet parrots... ~Cheryl
'3538/1' is just the production code, there are lots of them out there - here are a couple: https://www.ebay.com/itm/352928738473...
It has an Austrian mark... ~Cheryl
I knew the mark, but Bahner had several variants of their lion-head mark, was looking for one like yours... ~Cheryl
See Franz Bahner: http://www.silvercollection.it/GERMANMAKERSANIMALS.html ~Cheryl
Can't say I see 'AUSTRIA', maybe a misread on the '835W?' mark (which appears to be '835WS' on similar pieces), but can clearly see a 1922+...
She only had around a dozen, all phals or cattleyas, except for the dendrobium, which I remember her buying from a neighbor's plant sale. Once...
Mom's yard used to have a huge red maple that was home to her orchids and bromeliads. In what should have been a warning sign to me of her...
Interestingly, the Chicago PD is very specific (suspect the specs are from their approved supplier) - for this style, "MATERIAL: High density,...
LOL - okay it's a little addictive for me, apparently a much different level for you! I can understand it though... ~Cheryl
They can be a little addictive, right? (I'm the same way with succulents too.) I'm in Orlando, semi-tropical (zone 9) - the phals do very well...
Seems wooden batons are still used in Chicago as of 2019, that form for sergeants and above:...
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