I'd say both. Someone in Turkey or Iran got hold of a book of mid-century designs and decided to have some fun.
Looks like.
When I hear Neodymium I have to ask myself "OK, is this a piece of glass or a magnet". Old school speaker magnets are neodymium, as a magnet...
Too many letters. J K French? The last word looks like "seeds". Seed packets probably, although this looks like a card box.
Half of one anyway.
I was thinking even newer than that.
Looks like an olive tree. I rather like it.
As a Yank I had to Google it. I have a friend who's as bad about the 1939 World's Fair. All sorts of odds and sods do turn up, especially in this...
Joolies call it alexandrite glass; my brain farted on the chemical name.
The spring ring on the necklace says post-WWII to me. 60s probably from the looks of it.
The hall chair I'd give a hall pass and let it wander off (hoping it wouldn't come back!). The hall tree and console table would have a far better...
I wouldn't know, but it sure is pretty. I'd try taking a glass out in daylight and see if it's a different color. Then run it under a fluorescent...
These were made for grads and often given as a retirement gift if one worked for the University. Fortunately there are lots of Brown alumni out...
The grandkid takes precedence, but I'd bet it's a fairly close race. I'm an all-around junqu-ie. If it starts talking to me, I'm into it.
I think you're right. If so from the position, these were meant to be nailed to something as decoration.
The one Any found was made that way. It also looks newish.
I am grateful to have NOT heard any of those, or heard of most of them!
I can see some real Goths and steampunks going right for it.
Agree on all points. I'd try a magnet on it first.
The dangle looks like glass, and the bail is relatively modern. I'd say 1960s or later. The T part wants to be Art Nouveau, which jibes with the...
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