French boar's head? Guessing & working from memory. How do you know they are topazes?
If the 2 are near mirror images of each other, I would guess faux. Don't think they are quite so symmetrical in nature.
Good question. I was assuming they are.
My thought is that it is like a bar brooch in disguise. You could certainly wear it to keep a collar closed.
Seems like a risky way to attach them. My guess is that there is a pin inserted into the pearl, but someone reinforced with glue.
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Mine is like this:...
Look at some Mackintosh jewellery before you take my word for it!
Unusual. I would describe it as wreath & ribbon design. It's 20th century, not antique. Middle third of the century? Guessing, there will be...
A bit Rennie Mackintosh in feeling.
Posted by a newbie who resists all attempts to tell him/her that they are fake & not thousands of years old.
Are they on your phone? Usual advice is to mail them to yourself, shrinking file size to medium before sending. Others will come along with more...
Welcome back, Luke. Members prefer if you include your pix with your post & not direct them off site.
You can always cover yourself with 'Murano type beads'. Also 'Swarovski type crystals'. I can't tell the color of the metal. Guessing silver...
Have seen lots of Murano beads like the blue ones. Where the necklace was constructed...?
https://www.antiquers.com/threads/great-grandmothers-necklace-question.34912/
I don't have I Need Help's search skills so maybe that's why I'm finding very little on the Internet that is similar apart from Queen Victoria's...
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I have something similar I am too lazy to photograph that has a large pink disc behind the figure. Doesn't look hefty but weighs a ton. Mine...
I see I goofed up & my previous message got put into the middle of yours. Sell it, by all means. I was just giving it a back story based on my...
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