Greetings Jody!
If she was regional that wouldn't be surprising. She may also have gone into teaching instead or something similar, since she probably liked eating.
The Austro-Hungarian Empire may have broken up, but the influence on the "kids" lives on!
And sometimes things go the other way. You buy something, hold it, and the bottom drops out. Hummel figurines. Avon bottles. ...and am I...
That's a full set of Italian hallmarks, plus a few for good measure. I don't think I've ever heard of those being faked.
That Gucci is a winner!
Their loss is your gain. I think that fish says SZ 925SS Finland. The Gucci ring might be legit. All I can see is one sterling mark inside....
Like a lot of the "good" marine life wearables.
As long as you make yours at the time, don't regret the sale. I've had to repeat that to myself a time or two.
I have a copper-toned box here made of similar wirework. It's marked Albania.
Those clasps started popping up in the 80s for sure, but if this is homebrew it could have been done any time since. Or even if it isn't; they're...
1. Wheeeeee! At those prices they were paying YOU to haul it off! Especially the marineer shells. 2. I did a double-take when I saw the ivory...
It requires concentration and yet it doesn't. Odd but true. That's probably part of it. You can use part of your brain for something else at the...
Hmmm, I've heard of a gilded pisspot, but not a beribboned one!
The first image looks like it has a Coldwater Creek leaf dangle on the necklace. That points to it being sterling with peridot chip beads and...
My first two guesses would be Portugal and Italy, but... dunno.
It might fall into the category some of us call Deadhead silversmith jewelry. It's got that 1960s Arts & Crafts revival thing going on, and...
Rhinestones in newer pieces are far more likely to take to their heels than the old ones.
I usually knot with waxed cording or hemp or the like. Silk gets a little fiddly and requires a needle instead of just some glue on the ends....
I hope it was loaded with silver that the auctioneer didn't find until after the deal was done!
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