Maybe they're grubby & you thought of 'filthy lucre', but the word you wanted is 'nacre'. My first reaction was a tourmaline based on color.
Is the stone a tourmaline or an emerald?
Puts me in mind of Rousseau's Sleeping Gypsy.
Yep, personal whiskey flask, missing cork.
Looks like it rocks no longer.
You have to keep in mind that jewelry marks are not always stamped in the same orientation. One may be upside down while the other is right side up.
A keris, or kris, is the kind of knife you are thinking of. Any Jewelry is an expert on them. I ended my sentence with ? and ! because a keris,...
I think it is G&L instead of 7 + 9.
Very Brideshead Revisited.
I would call it a free adaptation of the Raphael.
The amethysts are the tip off that it was made for a bishop. Purple is their color the way red is for cardinals. Looks like runes inside the...
Yes, it looks like it's on oak.
I know round-bottomed pots are made some place(s) in Central America. They also make braided rings for them to sit in. I'll warn you in advance...
I really like it a lot. Gut says a good maker.
It has murex shells around the base but they don't look like koi.
That little bowl is all ears.
Could you tell us the color of the 'stones' in the first one. Hard to tell from the pix. That one looks genuine deco with a makeshift closure.
Brush holder was my thought.
I was going to call it orange peel, but sharkskin is so Japanese.
The bear looks like jet. The fish might be jade.
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