The second one has a Chinese clasp, one more reason to suspect serpentine. I hadn't even looked at it. The dyed ones look Chinese too when you...
Yep, and those are just the start of it. They don't even touch pressed or dyed horn, etc.
By their blings ye shall know them! (so this bunch would)
I figured someone would like them.
I was at the estate sale and didn't buy these. Nice but they weighed too darned much to carry off and they weren't priced cheap either....
Not a clue here, sorry.
The second one is ringing bells. There's a stone called gooseberry garnet, but I suspsect serpentine alas. The third one looks dyed, but dyed...
If the staining is inside the cup away from the decoration, pour in some hydrogen peroxide and cover with waxed paper (plastic wrap and paint not...
I can see why you wanted them. Which is the rarest, despite finding the opaque one last?
We're a dangerous bunch! I think some designer must have done a piece like that, and costume makers all over the place made knockoffs - slightly...
I figured on that part. The hard part is the bangle part. It doesn't feel like horn, quite, and has stayed flexible which at this point horn...
I never could figure out who did the scarf, so it's not like it was a hot designer with a rabid following. So... why not? :greedy::greedy: Took...
This bangle has sat around forever and it's time for it to go. The floral carving is wood for certain, held on with flathead screws. The back...
My first thought was coral too.
Sewing box? There's no writing surface, and it was obviously meant for tiny bits and pieces. So a place for sewing implements would be my first...
Overpaid at the estate sale, but shoes for me are crazy money because my size doesn't show up at retail and never goes on sale. I've had it go...
Those little scottie dogs were a design thing in the late 30s. Beyond that you've got me.
It's too new for me to know anything unfortuately.
The clasp style says 1990s or later, without question. The construction is 80s or later, also without question.
They call 'em Potties on the boards for a reason? :wideyed::wideyed::wideyed: I'm a joolie and we're in the same boat.
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