I'm not so sure they always are done by machine. When you buy a strand of semiprecious stone beads, you may find that some beads have holes too...
She never said she was anti bullying.
Looks like part of a musical instrument, clarinet maybe.
Meanwhile, Melania's 'issue' is cyber-bullying. Her promotion of it has been very successful, don't you think?
This actually is strong support for stone. When I was beading, found this was often the - annoying - case with stone beads, making it difficult...
They are not properly called Peking glass, although the proper names for things are not always the best ones to use to find others that are...
No, but thanks for bringing that name back. It was trendy in the same sort of way, perhaps very slightly earlier. Ashley was a name on into the...
They are not all that 'dog tooth' shape. The one I bought to replace one missing from a brooch is shaped like a peanut.
They give a blue opal effect some of the time: [IMG] Kalender-Stein may just be the name of the line. OP says they have them in various colors;...
I am too. Are there any marks on your bracelet?
When my friend who deals in coins & engraved gems, but considers the Renaissance late, turns up his nose at some Victorian treasure of mine, I...
[ATTACH] Are they cupids (wings) or putti (no wings)? Height?
Welcome Jules. Do us a favor & go back to your post, select edit from the bottom, then Other Choices & make all your photos full size instead of...
Do all of them have those glittery specks? Are they distributed all though? Inside, not at the surface? I can't think of any natural stone that...
That's pretty much what I told him. Think he did not realize that on places like eBay there are loose cameos for sale. Considering the prices,...
I see things like this described as 'engine turned' but don't know what the actual technique is. Seems to be used a lot for compacts, cigarette...
Would have been mightily surprised if you had not needed to. Only learned it recently myself. I flitter around the edges of a world where they...
We may not be able to confirm it is a Miss. River pearl, but I see nothing that would rule it out.
If I'm remembering from other threads, think Poland is the answer. They'll get here to confirm or refute.
Not by today's standards. But definitely not ideal for snow. I always laugh when I see news footage of Melania & some poor wife of a visiting...
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