Love the hardstone brooch! The ornaments will be an easy sale if they're not headed straight into your hoard.
We didn't make our own porcelain until after the Civil war,or much ironstone either. From what I remember anyway.
The odd brown shapes at about 7 oclock on the first plate are bakelite, or sure want to be. I'm not a button collector, but I think you got your...
The first one looks like someone spilled their cocoa all over it. The brown doesn't attract me at all.
Actually the exact opposite. That's labradorite and no mistake. Moonstone has no rainbow/butterfly wing effect. They call this stuff rainbow...
I'd start with a thumb and work from there. Skin acids take off tarnish.
It sure wants to be!
A gem tester is the only way to be totally sure. A good expert can make a good guess just with their eyeballs, but not from a photo.
Anchor Hocking that isn't!
1990-something, or even later. White labradorite started showing up in jewelry about 25 years ago.
Labradorite turns up in costume pieces, so it doesn't mean much, but it's pretty stuff.
I know jack about glass for all intents and purposes, but it's have nabbed that too.
Same. The white labradorite looks legit, but the lady is reverse-molded glass. If the setting is sterling, the teardrops might be real amethyst.
It looks like 1970s bedroom furniture to me too. Around here (southern New England) it's all but given away; if a piece sells for $100 it's a...
It doesn't really look or feel like it, even under a real loupe.
I like B; the colors are great and I like the dragonfly. Signed Brian Bruso(?) . I rather like A too; it looks like a lake shore, but it...
I paid $25 for everything I bought. The pendant weighs about 5g with the "stone". Came out ahead no matter what it is. I once found a Chinese...
i'd have a home for the poodle too. Nice haul. Found this guy on Thursday. The chain was junk, but the little sailboat looks mostly...
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Typical in the UK maybe. I've never, as far as I know, even seen a piece before. I'm still keeping my eyes peeled for Georgian stemware, any at...
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