Hi, Roshan. You can give us the item number & we can have a look that way. :)
When I'm not coming unglued, I'm becoming unhinged! :)
She's helmet shell. Value now is sentimental. As has been pointed out, she's in no fit condition to be set as jewellery as she is. She could be...
Helmet shell. I don't think it was ever in a different setting, & does not look repaired, but INH may be right that the brooch was made by Ostby...
Too much noise in the photo to know what they really look like: [ATTACH] A bit too vivid for andalusite cat's eyes.
They don't seem to have this one: [IMG]
Are they the same mineral in the same light?
I love it. 1920s seems right to me, both for choice of dragonfly & construction. Small lab grown rubies were already available on the market; this...
Ponytail Girl is taking that 'You can never be too thin' business too far, don't you think? Probably as good a sign the End Times are approaching...
The amazing thing is that someone had it set. Would like to see KSW's nursery school carer's face if shown that.
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Late Georgian - early Victorian, I'd say, based on overall shape of stone, small size, dentate bezel, with, as has been pointed out, repairs to...
The style is consistent with other things that turn up as Byzantine bronze rings. [IMG] Better to leave it, if genuine. However, that's the...
Michelle, how big is your rose? I remember the little ivory rose pendants & earrings were popular in the 60s, but they were quite small, not even...
There's really only one person to ask: @kyratango !!!! It's amazing how many Roman antiquities I'm seeing from sellers in Thailand.
I don't know to what extent it was actually taken up, but after J.B. Marsh published 'The Art of Shell Cameo Cutting' (available as a reprint &...
If his other pieces are also in this genre, he is not really applying the term appropriately. 'Blackamoor' is just as much a stereotype, but a...
Black Americana.
No! Not even PC any longer for what were once known as blackamoors: [ATTACH]
Garter, as in 'Order of the ___'. On 'Staffordshire knot': http://www.thepotteries.org/markguide/staffs_knots.htm
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