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Victorian gold-filled often has wear. That's helpful in determining metal content.
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IOW neither antique nor a repro. New and not made to fool anyone.
I just saw this thread, believe it or not. I'm glad someone else took those out of your hair, otherwise I might have been tempted!
I'd cheerfully hoard ... wear ... either of them. Nice vintage to antique silver. My late dad bought me a grape necklace in the 1980s; it was...
A good jeweler might even fix the original. Problem solved.
I'd have said Japanese, with those foiled glass beads. They generally are. The pin almost has to be Czech. The second one I'd have figured for...
Too bad she didn't toss the kids out with the cat. The cat needed someone to play with anyway. My grandmother tried tossing one of my cats...
...who teethed on teethers and not table legs?
Very recent costume and ... not a clue beyond that.
Even if he doesn't know that much about dealing with cats. (LOL)
They made a TON of them in the 50s/60s and everyone who had a jacket or dress had one of those pins.
If it was one of those no-design circle pins, melting was all it was good for. I've found my fair share of gold single earrings that way too....
I do believe Mr Nate has a silver hoard going again.
It's export/tourist art, possibly courtesy of Home Goods/Marshalls or the like.
The red beads are glass, so odds are the pendant is too. It wants to be garnet and jade, but I have a hunch it's glass and more glass. It could...
Just to chime in again, I think Bear's got a piece of Nye copper in there too.
Polish squared. Beat me to it.
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