My best UV discovery is here as a thread somewhere. I asked for the community's input because a green stone in a silver brooch that I had...
Are they opalescent?
If your wrists & ankles are slim, can't imagine the rest of your frame would not be consistent with that?
I found these words in T.H. White's The Once and Future King. He researched it heavily. Another word & type of dog that were new to me when I...
@Any Jewelry Glad you popped in, was hoping you would. A simple acid test can be positive for silver with a fineness less than 925, the...
I couldn't put this together to make a scene I recognize, either historical or fictional. The imprisoned person (man, I think, based on shirt...
My understanding was it is because they hunt by sight rather than by smell. So, would other words for 'lurcher' be 'mongrel' & 'mixed breed'?...
That looks more like a butterfly to me today than it did yesterday. My lepidopteran friend looks more like a moth.
Think my feet are on the small side for my height & I wear a narrow in dress shoes. I have ludicrously narrow shoulders. Once, going through...
Think this argues against my position (what doe 'blue spiky' mean?), although no idea what it does mean. The black spots I thought could be the...
Have been struck by your use of 'sight hound' & 'lurcher'. I never hear them in the US. I know I have encountered them (well, 'gaze hound' which...
Yes, although when it is this yellow color it is sometimes called Vaseline glass. No turquoise that I've ever UVed looked like that, so either...
Whoa! bou bou. Amber & Bakelite everywhere! I'm afraid the answer is not.
http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/weekly_star_littlequeenie.htm
It's hard to get in ahead of I Need Help. And yes, welcome Alyson. :)
This came from the UK & for some Age of Coronavirus reason, made its first US stop in LA & had to get through customs there. Took a while, but...
https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/English-School/414786/Little-Sweethearts,-from-a-Pears-Annual,-c.1880-.html
Origins of Necklace
It is artificial amber from the Himalayan region. We've had these before. Will try to find.
Definitely what's needed. Maybe some kind of amber formation, where the sap dripped down & took an impression of the bark (or the fungus!)?
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