Marko, in the photo, I can't make out any cracks or crazing. Could you describe what you see? Think your beads may be a different type of coral,...
Do the bobbles seem to be made of the same material as the chips? Or are they much lighter for their size? They look like some kind of seed/nut....
Agree. Has the color of coral, but the way it is distributed as swirls going all around some of the beads is not consistent. For comparison:...
The ring could be coral, although, if so, probably heavily dyed. Color does not seem right for carnelian to me. Agree with your observation that...
I know what is depicted but can't help with the nature/use/age of your item. She is a bacchante/maenad, one of the female followers of the wine...
I always assumed it was just bake-light, having only read it & seeing it mainly as stove knobs, so first time I heard someone say it as 3...
https://www.amazon.com/OnlineScienceMall-Giant-Glass-Chrome-Marble/dp/B07DGMJTGC
In her heart, she is. [IMG]
Not Egyptian. In a stylized way, the motif looks like the urns & weeping willows seen on some Victorian mourning jewellery. [IMG]
For the hood of your Corvette?
Maybe a folk art version of an actual implement for spacing garden rows? Wouldn't want those bush beans growing on top of each other.
Modern. I have some in a couple of smaller sizes bought at a shop called, if I remember rightly, Star Magic, in the late 70s. They had them in...
Could be cubic zirconia (CZ). Morganite is pink.
What is it those faux amber beads we see in Himalayan jewellery made of? You've explained it before. Also, not sure these beads are so old that...
Not if I was not yet sure it was not Celluloid. :)
I have washed Celluloid in mild soap & tap water. You just don't want to let it soak too long.
In the US we make it 3 syllables: bay-kuh-lite. Named for the guy who invented it, I believe. Is Bakelite ever translucent this way? Have never...
Greetings, JoyM. Now we do the Echo Carol: While by my sheep I watched at night...:singing::singing::singing:
I like wooden spoons & wooden cooking implements generally. See some lovely ones at crafts shows. But no, plastic clock. Brown plastic clock....
Excuse me, I just have to throw this in for @Jivvy [IMG] Google pickings are slim when you eliminate Royal Copenhagen. The ones I find most...
Separate names with a comma.
