Could be chrysoprase.
It totally looks like turquoise to me. It would be seriously odd for chrysoprase. @kyratango
Looks a bit like a pin back was glued on to turn into a brooch something that wasn't to begin with, although can't imagine what it would have been...
Numismatics & sigilography share a lot of territory.
There's no way for anyone to confirm it with only photos to go by. I can't confirm they're not glass. But blue topaz is not a very expensive...
Guessing it's meant to be a star. The symbol isn't quite right, it's true. It's as sketchy as the star. The one in the chart you found differs...
That is the symbol for Virgo next to her.
Could be blue topaz.
I think this has as much Arabic significance as the Shriners do. More likely 'CC' wanted something pseudo-esoteric/gnostic. May have had an...
Although it is written in the Arabic fashion, 1809 as a year has not yet occurred in the Muslim calendar, so, if a date, a western one. I see...
Carnelian intaglios are also plentiful. However, here there may be additional significance. Some Arabic men wear a ring with a carnelian stone...
Intaglios with Arabic inscriptions are plentiful, but this one with a combination of Arabic & Roman letters is odd.
Thank you, ma'am. She has been duly archived. Yes, that is the conventional interpretation. May or may not be what the cutter had in mind.
Isn't it amazing the difference shmoo removal can make? You didn't give us a 'before' pic of the front of the intact brooch. Do you have one? I...
The ring would make an impression that looks like this (your image flipped & rotated): [ATTACH] The characters at the top between the 2 that...
Looks like there may be a couple of other stamps in addition to the 2 that are clear fineness marks, but they're too indistinct to make out. In...
Pretty good chance OP's stone is too. Small synthetic rubies were on the market at the start of the 20th century. The USSR seems to have been a...
Does the auction listing say anything about the brown? In some photos it does look more like inclusions of some sort.
My concern is that the grunge could be hiding abrasions. Is there a minimum opening bid? How much?
Himalayan art is the core of their collection, but their exhibitions are wide ranging. Wiki characterizes them this way: 'The Rubin Museum of...
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