Is there anything visible that's not painted. The legs look 1950s or early 60s,so it's got some age. What do the sides of the drawers look like?...
I wear an old bronze/brass one as a pendant, but it's a Santa Fe RR switch key from a friend. The lock melted in a WWII scrap drive, but in the...
Same here. I'm no cameo person, but I can usually spot the obvious ones.
Someone did some work on those. Nice!
To me Plato would mean it's either "Metal" or silver; I don't know which, but I'd test for silver just in case. Plata is "silver" in Spanish. Is...
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I've heard of Native Cut stones, but only seen it done with garnets. The would imply to me that the sapphire itself was mined a long time ago.
I couldln't even afford the sales tax on that. I'd have to find mine in the junk pile at a rummage sale.
Maybe Alistair and Doreen got it as a wedding gift? And then split up?
If you have them, translucent milk jugs work a treat, either 2-liter or 4-liter. (gallon jug in the USA) Just cut the bottom off, put a piece of...
Those books are either good or so bad they're scary. There isn't much in between.
Plique a jour especially seems to need friends. You're a goner now!
I strongly suggest starting a new thread with pictures. Instructions are on the board. The vast majority of old frames are gold-filled rather...
I love me some snotty know-it-all action too. If it's someone nice I'll even clue them in sometimes, but not the nose-in-air types. Then there...
The GIA cert tells me it's not a lab stone, at least. Since $7500 is too low, I'll go $11,500 since 12.5 is already taken. That's stupid money....
That's pretty. Not a name I know, but the potties might.
Aha - I see green in the iris glass! It could run, but it couldn't hide!
The purple amethyst ring looks like my grandmother's engagement ring from 1919. Hers was 18k with two platinum butterflies on the ends, but the...
It looks like it says 20 REIGN - that's as far as I can get as a non-pottie.
If all else fails, you can resell the ones that don't fit. Here in the USA all sorts of people want keys like that for the same reason.
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