In this case, I have insider information. Mine came from a museum shop and with some information from the person who probably did them first....
Unfortunately, Austria is probably all you'll ever know. The factories there almost never signed anything.
My sister gave me a set of them about five years ago. Modern design based on plumbing.(LOL)
Under a 40x loupe, that mark really does look more like Hibernia than Brittania.
Not horribly antique, but not bin bait either! Some new folks have trouble starting new threads, btw. It's a known glitch.
I did a little digging and the patron god of gamblers was Hermes/Mercury rather than Zeus. Not that the top dud was probably averse to rolling...
I'd have jumped all over that too and brought it home to gloat. (LOL)
The stone is probably synthetic or glass. Try it in natural light and see if it turns purple - if you're lucky it's "alexandrite glass", and it...
I have an identical twin to one of the blue ones. My dad bought it for me back in the 80s some time. That's about right for the age on most of...
Nice! I like that cherry prystal necklace Houseful scored. (and the corals of course, can't slight those.) This is definitely moss agate, and...
Welcome! Show us the the potential "get rid of" pile before getting rid of it!
He's playing an ocarina. Beyond that...dunno. As for the one Komo found, they're playing something else!
Chinese brush painting, but beyond that.... ? Not a clue. I don't think it's horribly old, but we'll wait for someone who knows what she or he...
You're in trouble now; I blew an extra $20 this weekend because SOMEBODY in here taught me about regional Dutch silver jewelry....
The other beads and findings are all "brand stinkin" as I'd generally put it. The supposed dzi bead doesn't look any older.
I wouldn't be surprised about the beads being Czech. The piece could have been assembled anywhere.
A. the pin stem on the OP's is replaced, and B. DANG. They're Victorian for certain, probably 1870s.
I've seen that done before on some older pieces, up until about 1950. Beyond that.. no idea.
I agree. It probaby is Indian and age is anything from 50 years old to last week. The only reason I say this week is today's Sunday.
Some of those might do best in Texas, but some could go national or even international. Make sure your auction house is on line.
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