When I cleaned up an habille shell cameo, the 'diamond' came out while I was rinsing it in the sink. Fortunately I heard it hit, spotted it, &...
RofH designed/made the pendant necklace using a cameo element that came from West Germany, so post WWII, while GWTW came out in 1939. Is the...
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Thank you. And that's just a selection. The bottom was too dark to get without flash, which I thought might not work well with mirrored back; it...
They were blocked for the rest of us too but knew you'd fix it. :)
As fakes go, it's quite a good one & not anachronistic. Didn't know about this one - thanks! :)
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It's quite possible I'm the only person in the world who cares at all about this, but I do. Thanks for the research. :) And, yes, once you've...
If I had only the middle stone to go by, I'd probably think malachite too. However, two other stones do not look like it. Variscite is still my...
There is also a version made using blue glass called, you guessed it, bluestone. Not my field, so throwing out a couple of other terms to ask if...
I know the set will draw admiring comments when you step out in it. And keep on looking; you just never know what will come along. :)
Are the stones greener than they are showing in the photo? Not seeing malachite there. Because it came up in another recent thread, I'm going to...
May not be an exact match, but you can certainly say it coordinates with the earrings. :)
AJ is just greased lightning today. The 2 handled one could definitely be a contemporary of OP's. It looks like others I saw in casual search in...
I'll answer to Brownen, Bornwen... any time you call. :)
Yep, absolutely screams Italy. They seem very fond of this tricolor gold look. Milor is a big maker. By machine.
My two bits: lab grown rubies & partridge. Try UV light on stones.
Hope some others will weigh in, because not my area of expertise. Anyway, I would start by simply giving it a good long soak in water with a...
It does not look at all like the Daunian/Apulian jugs/pitchers/ewers I'm finding, not in shape nor in decoration. Age may be in the same time...
Don't have anything coming my way at present so will be fun to have the anticipation over this one. :)
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