Oh well. It was a very long shot.
Either way, karat gold for a sterling pricetag is a pretty good deal!
That sure looks like an 18k mark! The poor thing was rode hard and put away wet as the saying goes.
It's no better in person - pretty well a blurry mess. I'm guessing it's gold-plated sterling if anything. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I beg leave to doubt it's natural, but a decent synthetic would be worth the five bucks.
I agree. They're all freshwater pearls. The clasps appear to be sterling and probably cost more than the pearls originally.
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That's the conclusion I came to. Law of the jungle.
I'd have said probably German on the porcelain; those roses look like the German ones. The glass vase probably is Chinese, but it looks good and...
The base is in dire need of some ketchup. It's used to get rid of the nasty green. Apply, let sit, and wipe off.
The Movado one is definitely a travel clock. Why else have St Christopher on the outside? He was the now debunked patron saint of travelers.
I'd guess this is late 19th to early 20th century and meant to get beaten on. A lot of Jewish literature was printed on cheap high-acid paper...
It it works the way a travel clock generally does, the watch will lift up when you poke a fingernail under that tab at about 2 o'clock and it will...
It looks like a really fancypants travel clock.
@gregsglass - come 'n get it!
I tried it and got Four Questions, which makes sense if this is a religious text.
It was approved by someone for something. Or maybe Authorized is a better translation. My Italian stinks once you get past kitchen stuff....
Depending on the length, a bracelet is likely.
Those look like a cuff link that got repurposed. The could also have been cuff buttons and someone sliced the back button bit off.
My first thought would be celluloid, especially in that sort of frame.
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