My first reaction right off was Mexican. Those side decorations look like cacti.
Whereas that's precisely how bakelite should be set.
I could see it with glass pearls too, but it probably had rhinestones or black glass originally.
I've bought a few with church logos on them, because I knew the people involved. Christkindlemarkt mugs come home with me too as often as not,...
Now THAT is a bag I wouldn't mind finding hidden in a drawer! The value on the pearls may be down a lot now, but the rest could be interesting to...
Seconded - 1910 water polo medal, and gold to boot. Yeah... someone would want that.(LOL)
I'd be thinking serpentine.
Could it have been a decoration on a merry-go-round?
That one's Indian from the construction; the fabric cord says India.
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I'd be very happy to score those S brooches at some kind of sale. The top one looks like Japanese molded plastic, but it's fairly old. My guess...
I'm a beginner with stuff from that part of the world myself, but someone will be along shortly. Some of our European members really know the...
If you're selling those, there's a ready market for them, or was before this mess hit. Old bike guys, and they're mostly guys, glom WWI-era stuff.
Agreed. Not paintings, or at least not the originals.
Not Southwestern as far as I know. Whodunnit .... no idea. Central Asia somewhere?
Ugly lamps with no age on them. Resin figurines.
And maybe the next piece of underrated furniture, or at least under-described.
Cat. Already got spares, thanks. I bought one of the Christmas sleigh ones for a buck a while ago, just because I liked it.
Now we need someone who knows watches to nail it down a bit. Swiss .800 silver case, and 19th century somewhere is all I've got.
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