Looks like an eagle mark to me too. https://www.925-1000.com/Ffrench_marks.html
Welcome and....no idea.
Still had a line at 1PM...wheeee. No wonder you're whipped. I was at one sale this Winter where the "line" was 10 of us, and there was nothing...
Definitely old. The chain on the bottom is a really old safety chain. This had a different pinback originally, you can see where it broke off,...
I bet this is the story on the box. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_the_Pike%27s_Behest
The back says shell for sure. Just don't ask me which.
Too light for garnets. Some garnet varieties will look black until you shine a light the right way. Obsidian may well be the answer.
Slugs move faster than me in this weather.
Darned tootin! The Louis' number on the inside comes back as Invalid, but it looks awfully darned good.
Or me. (eyeroll)
I hit the Spring opening day of a local food bank's thrift today. Spent $40 on three Longaberger baskets with liners, a Chinese freshwater set...
Ceramic fridgies! What else but leftovers would go in them? (dumb look)
Whatever they were smoking, the buyers had something even better apparently! On the other hand, if they're buying like that, I'd give them a...
OTOH they're making so much money I don't think they care.
No question that it's real silver. Real NA requires researching the marks. I usually start here, and then research more....
The first one is mother of pearl (shell). It's either Native American or a good wannabe. I've seen things similar to the second one before....
Doesn't look like gold to me either, but if those jump rings are soldered shut best to get really curious. Soldered jump rings are a good sign.
Around here they go begging unless sold for cheap. I'm still using my grandmother's old Singer, but it's not a Featherweight. It's also only...
Congrats on the offload!
Same questions here. If you've recovered enough to type!
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