The remaining dark areas do not look like tarnish to me either, so thinking maybe the piece was patinated originally & meant to look silver on...
Just for comparison. But we know yours is not foiled. The rounded closed back on the eBay specimen makes me think they are correct: late...
Packard? Totally guessing. Too bad we can't see the grille.
22K, sapphires, inherited? I would not look a gift bangle in the clasp. Probably wouldn't dare wear it either as design & soft metal make it...
Because of the elongated face, Modigliani immediately popped into my head too. I do not see the Madonna here but definitely see how you could....
The ones that feel gritty to your teeth are at least genuine nacre on the outside. The grittiness can be very subtle, so you will probably want...
I may not be interpreting the photos correctly, but looks to me as though each pearl is in its own little cup, which makes me think they are not...
I once unfairly accused a seller of passing off a plastic cameo as hardstone because of the way it felt to my fingertips. Naturally she was...
Commercial jewellery dip does something similar for scuffed up gemstones: leaves a residue of some kind of polymer on the surface, filling in fine...
Bingo. :joyful:
Cyclopes. [IMG]
Moist is shell's natural condition. Excessive dryness makes it brittle. Sometimes a good soaking will minimize the appearance of hairlines...
The cameo is shell, with a fair degree of accumulated grunge. All of the advice already given is perfectly sound, if a bit more cautious than is...
Looks like your ends have already (made like a banana &) split. :joyful:
That's one reason I thought it might not be good for this application. But I could see making some bore holes away from the sides & not deep...
Malacca, maybe?
Vinegar dissolves plaster, but probably not suitable for this project. Drill holes like perforations around the edges & try to chip out from...
Or for making Marcel waves? Marcel had quite a career.
First letters of Spanish numbers? Dos (Quatro?) nueve dos [2492]? Since I have no idea what the original might have weighed, no idea whether...
Googling 'french ormolu porcelain mantel clock' pulls up others of this type. This one, identified as incorporating Sevres porcelain, has a dial...
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