See if they really glow hot pink. Experimenting with my own jewels, found that only 3 of 4 light pink sapphires in a ring react that way; the...
Being a cameo brat: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Suspect lab pink sapphire. If you have a UV light, see how they respond to it.
Ah, I hoped to prompt a reply from someone with better access to info on this subject. It puzzles me, though, that corundum crystals large enough...
If my memory serves, synthetic red corundum was developed in the late 1800s & became available on the market, mainly for use in watches because...
Initial could be J.
Hard to know about this. The lot was not uncontested & was not cheap, but it was the first interesting thing I could vaguely afford that I had...
That's why she wrote this: https://cameotimes.com/index.php/reference/materials-guide?start=1 It does not take long to train your eye to...
Think we're probably looking at the 1950s - early 60s on the mother of pearl cameo. When one profile is in front of the other this way, the...
Wonder if that's most prevalent in seller's from certain places. One I sometimes look for is 'corral', in place of coral. Seems to be mainly...
[Wrote this hours ago; just discovered never posted.] How it looked when I bought it: [ATTACH]
Any relation to Art Tatum? :angelic:
Thank you. :kiss: It really is quite unusual & I think from fairly early in the period when shell was becoming a cheaper, easier to work,...
After a year of my body making me acutely aware of my three score years and ten, finally a little end of the year treat, first new acquisition in...
It's like a medieval bestiary illustration of something like an oryx, when they had heard tales but never seen the animal.
Palm size, fingers fit in the curves & quite a little chunk in the hand. If I were suddenly told I had to get rid of all my stuff, but could keep...
I get that way over my walrus bobcat - very satisfying to hold. [ATTACH]
Of course the person to ask is @komokwa
Looks like walrus tusk to me.
What does the back of the brooch look like? Glass or stone, looks hand faceted, not molded. Natural citrine perhaps.
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