True, plenty of jaspers have eyespots, like the nuclei of geodes. But the patches on the beads are different. You can see a great array of...
This can also mean the piece has been very well polished.
Is yours a miniature like this one on Ruby Lane?
They seem to have made many versions of Toby mugs.
What she said: [ATTACH]
'Fishnet glass vase' also yields some things in this vein.
OK, more than 7 inches in diameter*. So just how big is it? AJ's suggestion seems like a reasonable one. Decorative, to be worn over perhaps a...
Like Kiko, I also find the look of chips & cracks informative about the nature of the material. Think this is the photo referred to: [ATTACH]...
I can't resist: Bou who?
Let's see if I can get what I see into words. The beads are not uniformly shaped, which you would expect if they had all been made in a mold; the...
'Jasper' is a really nebulous term, a catchall for microcrystaline quartz that is opaque & is either solid color or with inclusions that did not...
I've been trying to figure out why this part that looks like a frilly collar is needed. May have to do with something that way, [ATTACH]
They're really interesting beads, but afraid they look like glass to me, perhaps meant to look something like jasper. As to time & place of...
You're making me thirsty for one too. A favorite childhood summertime treat was to go to the local A&W for a foot long hotdog & a brown cow.
Great chairs. Starting to wish I had one. What do they look like on the opposite side from where that handle is? Definitely must be meant to...
Realized we're forgetting that what is the outer frame now was never meant to be visible all the time. Originally, when worn, the walls of the...
Oh, realize I wasn't clear. I've never seen a Victorian piece that was copper with gold plating. Obviously I can't say it was never, ever, done,...
Gilt brass was very common & pinchbeck is essentially brass. It had a color closer to real gold, so gilding not so necessary. I have never seen...
A friend took me as a birthday treat when it was first out here. We loved it.
Can't you talk?, said the dog to the piano baby.
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