Will add that the stones appear very well matched, not always the case with tanzanite. An expensive ring & very pretty.
Agree, tanzanite. Would guess ring from 1980s, if that's consistent with family history. Welcome, Jillian. :)
The cabochons that are a very different shape/size also differ in color & could be replacements.
Charlie's piece looks like an even shade of off-white, nearly or completely opaque. My experience with cameos of Celluloid, etc., is that they...
@bluumz The Great Exhibition of 1851. See entry #23: [ATTACH]
:joyful::joyful::rolleyes:
I was going to ask if they were footwear related. Can see using the wooden one with the U-shaped head to dust off the tops of shoes/boots before...
Love these stones. Think they are all the same thing & some of the tiny cabochons definitely look like turquoise, so, even though the main stone...
And seems to have made this particular head, with slight variations, repeatedly. Probably could do it in his sleep.
Catalogue makes wonderful reading. Entry #247 is one of my favorites.
The brushes are highly specialized; what are they for?
Meant to suggest ivory, of course, but definitely plastic. Not Celluloid or that family of materials. Doesn't have the faintly matte quality I...
If the pin is likely to be Brazilian, that pushes me even more toward aquamarine. [IMG]
That was my thought too, until I saw the price. :( I do have a pair of socks someone gave me that have a plastic cameo on the cuff. Unless it's...
The roughness & irregularity of the hole in the bottom for the cord to run through, not to mention the rustic look of the wood base, suggest to me...
My first thought on the stones is aquamarine. Considered amazonite but decided against. :)
Thought so: [IMG] [IMG]
[IMG] [IMG] http://www.ebay.com/itm/352753825050
I'm afraid to ask, in case it's worse than I think.
It is. :)
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