Did someone dig or mudlark those rings? They look like finds. He's Hermes/Mercury, I've a similar ring, although mine is only 19th C. Mercury is...
It's one of the modern "Capodimonte" marks, and probably sixties ish, ballerinas were a thing. Did your grandmother ever go to Italy?
The flowers have indeed been scrubbed!
I'd think between the wars. Agreed on Czech. Gimme that.
I've got that very brooch! Mine has brown beads. Bought new in the USA, I think in the late 80s or early 90s.
The reason the stones are "badly" cut - which they aren't - is because this is emulating an older ring. It would look ridiculous with modern...
I'd think Georgian on the sticks. Daft thing is, you can pick them up here for not a vast amount. I do like them. Those have a very pleasing balance.
That is a very fine thing.
20s or 30s airbrushed glaze.
I'd bet Continental as well. And so many small Victorian gold things are unmarked.
Agree as ever with aj on how gold can "tarnish" - it's the other metals in the mix. I also agree that the design is what matters here. The stones...
Nope, they're actually milk glass, those roses. They look lampwork.
I do think it's a replica, based on the inside look and the marks. A genuinely old one would not have 585.
Vinegar is an acid: acetic. The salt acts as an abrasive. I suspect your Thing is lacquered.
The 585 marks mean it's not that old, maybe mid 20th onwards. Stones are old cuts. Might be tiny coloured diamonds, but they need testing.
You can clean off the pin gently with fine sandpaper or an emery board. Don't let anyone do a scratch test!
They're very comfortable. The backs: I've photographed a group of four, all from the same seller. I need to ask where she got them. They're old...
Hm. I think that's a nice replica of an older ring - mediaeval in style.
The pins on these 19th C brooches are almost always steel or iron, for durability and strength. Gold fronted can mean the whole front bit, or if...
Over here, it would have been a pastel embossed brocade type of fabric, single hue. Peppermint green or Wedgwood blue for example.
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