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Finally uploaded the image of Thursday's stuff. The blue festoon isn't old, just pretty. Bought it for the magnetic clasp as much as anything...
I think it was made as shown - designed to hang in a basement bar or man cave probably. The bottom is all wrong, for starters, for a real one.
Not a clue. This sort of work was big in the 70s and late 60s. I'd personally classify it as "Deadhead silversmith" work, or shed work.
Why did she buy that? Because I didn't get to it first! The animal eyes I probably would have lived without, but would have snaffled most of the...
OK - I give. Who's the dude between Grant and Lincoln? It doesn't look like Andrew Johnson and he's in uniform. Or does the plate include the veeps?
I've seen them holding mini statues of saints. Reliquaries are usually sealed. If there's a saint associated with the color red it's probably...
Those cabs look like chrysoprase. The style could easily be a 1930s festoon. The length of the chain, i.e. the part that goes around your neck,...
Welcome! The more I think I know, the more I find out how little I really know.(LOL)
Only two or three people could really read my dad's handwriting, and he was the "or three". "Ruth, what did I write"? (LOL) In his case it was...
Some places really do their level best to make you crazy hunting for the marks.
It's certainly possible; the Hungarians did all sorts of odd things, and it may well have real stones.
Lots of us have lots of things to say about Dr Lori, but we can't print most of them. Short form: run the other way.
It has a pre-WWI style clasp on it, and a tube hinge. I'd posit this is Austro-Hungarian and the damage is older than any of us.
Siam is the old name for Thailand, at least in English. The mark is still used on silver sometimes, so it doesn't really help with age. They're...
I think this poor little guy needs to live in Kyra's house; she could give him a prosthetic tail.
The lighting is a problem too. Is there any way to get it outside against a lighter background? If all else fails, stick it on your hand and...
Yep. They made a ton of Southwestern style jewelry in both sterling and copper. Nickel too. Also other "indian" designs, some of which had some...
Mine doesn't look that good; I've always said my Dad was the reason God/Goddess invented typewriters, and I inherited a lot from Dad. Can crappy...
Don't bother doing it to the beads; there isn't much question about those. The clasp ... I'm honestly not sure.
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