I’ve got a fake Opal pendant, which I was thinking of donating. Good job I checked the chain first. Nine carat.
F214 is the pattern. They were rarely named.
I think bringing the stone back, if you can, would be a good idea. Gold with wear is nice but a dull stone is a shame.
I like Avebury much better than Stonehenge for the same reason, the village is entwined with it.
Lambeth mark, Lambeth numbering and Lambeth made, I reckon. Burslem did finer chinas and porcelains at the time this was made. I can’t remember...
Fratelli Toso, quite a well known one and often seen. I like them a great deal.
I wonder if someone who actually understands old gems might polish that back. Lovely thing.
Spongeware, might be Scottish.
Needle etch ones look Edwardian.
I’ve had and still own lots of totally unmarked Czech glass. I think this is, too.
I saw that, and I shouted at the TV. Arg.
Garnish or trim is precisely what I mean.
I think that’s a hobby mould. It’s fairly recent with that copyright symbol.
I’m thinking a prow side piece. https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/lion-figurehead-prow-old-vintage-ship-1315800593
It does look it, agreed, and that speaks even more to a ship object.
German or Austrian and late nineteenth century.
It may have come from a ship. And it does look British. We had major links with Argentina and it was very common to have economic migrants from...
Boxes and jewellery are a match made in heaven.
Oh, Richard Chamberlain…..
Austrian or German, I’d think.
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