I'm not sure it will matter in terms of value: that will be in the gold.
Hm. It's low speed, rather than express or normal. Destination station was Quimper.
It's copying Shelley dripware. Problem is, many Staffs factories just used numbers. A pain.
There's one confusing thing. The French for Post Office is bureau de poste. La Poste is the equivalent of Royal Mail. So why PO? The label is also...
Let me guess, Your sons are called Scott, Virgil, John, Gordon and Alan.
Missing bits, I'd say. And not NA.
That pink stone is either dead or sun purpled.
I need to look in daylight, the "lines" may be reflection. Entirely feasible the top is older: I've rings which were once earrings, remade.
I did wonder about a netsuke. Yes on tigers eye.
Falcon or a small hawk of some kind. Not an owl.
That's a very nice Chinese fastening, that is. @Any Jewelry
Air Force. Gah. Brain fart, it's a fouled anchor. Senior Service and all that. I'll have a think.
The dichroic is on a silver chain, which is nice. And was two whole quid. No idea why I've not seen Erwin Pearl before. They seem to be still...
@KSW, they remind me of my known Rousselet necklace which you've seen. I think trombones are way more common here, so we see them a fair bit.
Bangle is Chester, 1955, so quite late, but it's heavy. Green ring is a 9 ct marked shank and yes, a silver setting. Needs a good clean. I'm not...
A trombone clasp. So named becuase the catch slides in and out. [IMG]
Punch cards were still around when I got into IT. Oh, the joy of dropping the whole bloody stack. They hung on in machine control for even longer....
Neo cathouse.
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This one is interesting. If it had a trombone, I'd think Rousselet. I'm seriously wondering Neiger too. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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