It looks like a flowering peach on one side and a gourd on the other - classic Chinese design. They're both good luck symbols of some sort.
I'd have bagged that lorgnette piece too, or at least the piece made like a lorngette. The pearl looks like Mississippi or Tennessee freshwater,...
It's supposed to be gold, at least. It if goes cheaply enough, it's probably worth grabbing.
It was in fact a medieval legend, at least as it now stands. The original was a lump of low-fired pottery, and odds are it didn't survive more...
Me too. Or an nice chunk of unsigned pre-War Navajo work. Moghul enamel necklaces.... Anything big and chunky or totally gaudy. That cost...
Not impossible, just not easy.
Could be, but I'd guess citrine. The Chinese are growing freshwaters in funky shapes deliberately. The oyster deposits nacre on whatever gets...
Talk about a holy grail: Peace on Earth, goodwill to men. (sigh)
I shoot through a rug magnifier or a loupe; I use a real camera but it works with a phone camera too.
I'd say artisan. It was designed around the freshwater pearl, etc. That clasp isn't amateur hour; someone who knew their stuff put it together.
The beads yes, the clasp no. I have some of those beads kicking around; they're not old. The clasp looks like a custom piece.
I have a few pieces of it set in jewelry. I bought a piece once sold as a blue stone, and then got it outside where it turned purple. It's been...
I'd like a winning lottery ticket to one of those US $400 million jackpots. (now ask me if I'm ever dumb/crazy enough to play the lottery.) Then I...
I'd say it has that Mess With Me vibe going.
You can easily pick the copper out of the crowd when he's wearing one of those. No one else even wears a hat these days unless it's seriously...
I suppose it beats being t*ts-up!
That's a nice little haul!
They may well have given you some liquid courage at the time.(LOL) After all, a Golden Shellback ceremony has to come with some perks. I wear...
For that price, I'd be happy too! It's not old older oldest, but who cares?
Short form: I wouldn't worry about the stones much. IIRC 8 karat is about 33.3% gold, so the metal isn't going to be sky high prices either....
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