Fluorite actually; it's one of my jewelry-posing rocks.
Peridot is what I was thinking, but citrine, peridot etc are all quartz and will come up the same on a gem tester. IIRC tourmalines are a little...
Aesthetic period bangle from the looks of it. Sure looks like it wants to be gold. Generally gold-filled items this age will have an edge worn...
My first guess without being able to run a gem tester over it would be citrine, but it's impossible to be sure from a photo.
I'd be thinking more WWI-era American art pottery, but I'm no expert.
It doesn't have a lid, so probably not a wise move. Guys have been known to use Gatorade bottles though!
Anything you see is some junk in the background. No marks anywhere.
I've never gotten an image search to work on anything ever, so.... ?
Alas, that's my guess too. The dreaded Craft Project piece.
This clear glass vase turned up for a whopping $1 in a charity thrift. The shape looks like really old Chinese glass, at least to me, but I don't...
Look at the pictures of the leaves. They're printed for absolutely certain, both outline and fill, and someone didn't quite get them lined up...
Aha. Same cabinet then. The "good part" doesn't apply to 70s mass production. :yuck::yuck::yuck:
Tell the shop good luck; I hope they get more than one bid! Where I am, they'd be in the $5 case. No one buys clips.
My guess would be copper and enamel or brass and glass. They look commercially made and they're not marked and made like costume. - and I think...
I was thinking the same thing. The companies I know who did that sort of decoration don't have a smooth white base. Japanese is another...
River pearls are natural pearls, at least the ones I know are. They command high prices even now. Since the OP's earrings are mass-produced I'd...
My mother thought I'd lost my mind, but you have to dig the packaging.
What's the front look like? The back looks older than dirt - about how you like 'em.
Someone's translation software glitched. At least they didn't call it jade.
Fill it with books?! Half the time the top is the good part.
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