I’m seeing nothing Chinese about it, other than the style of enamelling perhaps. It looks bohemian.
Excellent. Worth it for the colour alone.
Welz, bohemia. Twenties or earlier. Grab it.
These are very recent and I’ve seen a fair few of them. One clue is that lobster claw clasp, another is the “patina”.
Swans are a very sentimental thing in symbolism. They mate for life.
I did wonder that. The mesh necklace may have started life plain.
I can see why the dangles remind you of Neiger. My gut feel is not. That mesh collar doesn’t look right for construction. I’m inclined to it being...
It’s not going to be much later than the twenties or thirties. The frame is probably brass, for strength, with the front and back being gold....
That makes sense, and would explain why it seemed slightly off.
Looks like it says 9ct, I think. Early twentieth British. If you’re worried about damage, I’d cut a slightly smaller piece of thin stiff plastic...
Your bloke has a good eye, and obviously thought about what to choose. That’s a good sign!
Get yourself a cheap UV torch on eBay. Invaluable. And yes, we can spot Amber.
Oh, I’d risk thirty on it all day long.
They’re really good on obscure marks.
That winged heart thing is quite thirties, harking back to Victorian sentimentality. It’s also got the fluid look which went well with those...
Oh, absolutely. I like it enormously.
I’m not sure I can explain this, but here goes. Yes, Georgian gems were made with great precision but they also had a kind of fluidity. This looks...
Earlier than post war. That 18ct plat mark is usually twenties into thirties. I reckon the style is very thirties, too. What a pretty setting that...
Yes, the block mark is spot on. Have a very very good look, the marks can be infinitesimal!
I’d say late nineteenth into early twentieth. It’s too precise for earlier, and it would have had black dot not marcasite.
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