I don't see Greek, Roman, Etruscan or Mycenean here. Mesoamerican would be my guess too. Maybe a museum reproduction piece?
Some sort of bovine horn?
Won the auction. Here she is in full: [ATTACH] Bezalel School brooch of Rachel with Yemenite filigree; signed with initials.
Another vote for green aventurine.
Could the ones that are light weight but lack the plastic vibe be some kind of seed? Organic materials have a way of sucking up UV so the color...
Hancock Tower looks like the box one of the Trade Towers came in.
Looks like it would work very well as a bulb forcing vase.
Rachel? Or Zzzzzz?
Limoges, I think, but I don't know who the D belongs to.
I knew they were letters, but to me they were just marks. I couldn't figure out which ones went with which. I knew someone with a degree of...
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You mean on the right it says Jerusalem, no? I wasn't sure if that was a yod at the beginning & didn't see a shin in the middle, but can see now...
Two words it could have been but isn't are Jerusalem & Bezalel. Edit: Could so be Jerusalem. (Per komo.)
J. Geneen https://www.ebth.com/items/6776667-signed-serigraph-of-abstract-pinks-and-grays
Tried to put this into a Hebrew keyboard so I could translate, but my Hebrew is not good enough (who am I kidding?, it's nonexistent) to be able...
The wire work on the original necklace looks like it was done by hand, not mechanically.
You are quite welcome. Maybe someone will come along with a clearer idea of age based on construction of clasp.
I don't see anything opaline about the glass. Looks like it's meant to mimic turquoise. Could it have been gold plated silver?
The cameo could be any time 1930s - 50s. The beads may be chalcedony, the main constituent of agate.
@BoudiccaJones Hey, Cuz, haven't seen you around in a while. Hope all OK.
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