Chinese export silver for sure, and pre-1948 from the markings. I think the "stone" is actually molded glass.
925 S (terling) Victorian era probably, engine-turned and enameled silver. Nice little piece. Someone replaced the pin back at least once, but...
Shrimp stew....nom!
Don't let the door hit ya' dude; you might dent the door.
They did, but that doesn't mean yours isn't a phony. Email the photos to yourself if you're on a phone, size MEDIUM. Upload those to the board. If...
LOVE the ghost pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow would highly approve.
Unless you don't want them to, of course. I swear they're managed by cats.
If it's a tanzanite it has to be a relatively modern ring. The stones weren't in common use until the 1980s.
They don't look the same to me.
Found a page of old ads. I'm told Leo Glass was out of business by 1960....
At least no one sold it; stuff in the Smithsonian essentially belongs to everybody. As for the "red coral", I'd be suspicious. The name Leo...
One would think! Probably not a bad way to reduce stress-related hypertension. Would work a treat for "white coat" hypertension, although you'd...
I found one of those puzzle balls at an estate sale last week. Bought it as a rescue. I couldn't save the elephant, but could at least keep it...
It has three peaks. So I'd say not.
I wish you'd talk to the rooster a few streets over. Dude can't figure out when Sunrise is. or Sunset, so he sounds off all day to make sure he...
It sure looks like amber. My grandmother had a 30s bakelite necklace with that clasp, but who knows how long it was around.
I talk to my cat fairly often; unlike my mother, she can hear me.
Not meant to give anyone any useful information, is my guess. Unlike those crates of wine grapes, with the instructions of what NOT to do on the...
...and I still don't know what to do with them.(LOL) At least as a collection you can fit a pile in a small space, and they don't get tangled.
Not a Bible story, for sure. Jonah got his ride from the inside.
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