Does appear meant to keep a coin or token always at hand, but maybe not originally designed for American money?
The way they are on cord rather then a modern bead stringing material also suggests trade beads, although of course no guarantee by itself....
I'm not seeing copper. Brass is more likely, although what is that silvery place? The underlying metal or solder?
Costume, but good quality.
Not sure I've seen this very one but have seen similar. Just as mystified by the fluff as you are. A visual expression of prayers & wishes being...
I'm seeing glass. Turquoise can be polished & smooth but doesn't really achieve a glassy finish, in my experience.
BTW, think when you want to make an edit to a post involving photos, you also then have to choose 'more options' as well before you can do it?
Strikes me as a coral cameo stickpin that is a blend of art nouveau & art deco in influence on style. I'd place it 20s-30s. Cameo is consistent...
I was looking through the linked page with 'wound' in my head as an injury. Fortunately, in my skimming my eye caught this: For over two hundred...
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So did I. Doing better now. Better living through chemistry.
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What are they strung on?
They look like some form of trade bead to me, made in Italy for use in business transactions in Africa at one time. They are highly collectible,...
It is a tawiz (also taweez), so perhaps of interest to anyone who would also be interested in the Quran, but I see no reason they would have to be...
Thank you, INH. (These days NIH comes more readily to mind.) Good to see you are still doing your remarkable, a bit scary, research that helps...
Hello, All. Sorry for having dropped out for a while. I was already staying home except when absolutely necessary to go out well before it...
I hope she does not mind my sharing this piece of personal information with you. @bluumz is a respiratory therapist, so she is going to be on...
I risk being fined if I go out & hobnob, so taking it easy is the rule of the day. Thank you for the good wishes. Think I might start calling it...
Casco. It's a cameo factory. There may be the personal mark of the cutter with it, not something I can decipher, I'm afraid.
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