I agree with my esteemed colleague: pin is ivory; clip is bone. I don't have strong opinions on the age. Clip belongs to the period when dress...
And yes, the spacers are carnelian. Ethnicy, but I don't know which one.
Some of your jasper beads are material similar to this:...
How did you determine Ottoman? Just curious.
Look into aqeeq/aqiq rings.
Arabic calligraphy my best guess.
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I see what you see as a G, but think it is random marks. I was going to show you what I thought was a G on Egyptian silver by posting this photo....
It's unusual but does not add anything to the value. Agree with evelyb. Sometimes the marks are put on the pin stem. Of course they are partial...
I think I see one clear difference between yours & the original. Don't compare color, this has been manipulated for contrast. Look at the tree...
Thank you so much for checking on that. All I can say is still !!!
!!! Kronos, did you notice the year? Is that the hammer price or with fees added? This is a surprising sum for an 800 silver tourist souvenir...
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The trick is I know they will often put them in a place we would think will mar the piece, so I do not confine my looking to empty spaces. Think...
I see the mark, it is on the front, Egyptian mark for 800 silver.
I'm still interested. Have been wrestling with the inscription. [ATTACH] The language is Greek or one related to Greek. The problem is the...
My deep apologies for maybe getting your hopes up incorrectly. I was writing when I was sleepy & got tangled in which cameo was 'this cameo'...
It comes to such a needle like point, I now have dowser's bob stuck in my brain.
Not sure how you arrived at that figure. The gold makes it worth 2-3 times that. Cameos that are in gold filled or 'gold colored' mounts are...
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