Cheryl, I'm thinking they're the same as old collar/shirt studs & buttons for chaps. I've got some.
The buttons may be 30s ish, but the findings are new.
I'd say made from collar buttons.
;)
Ah, ok, I worked with someone of the same name a fair few years back.
Leaves, people, leaves. Always look at the leaves. ;) Strawberries, if anything. Rose leaves are carried in pairs on a single stiff stem and...
Utter irrelevance, but @Ken Yap - did you ever work in IT?
People buy stuff because it matches clothing, sometimes, so the cheapie pretty glass one might have been that. Or a gift.
I love Freecycle and Freegle.
She's good, is Cheryl. ;;)
Oh, don't worry about correcting it, it's part of the discussion!
That looks feasible.
Give it a scrub with an old toothbrush, that'll get some crud out.
True!
I'd agree the brooch is a replacement, it's way later. @Any Jewelry - I wonder if the original was marcasite or even diamond?
Good spot. Lotus and or cat mark possibly.
The birthstone thing was an early attempt at commercialisation.
My geography was a tad off. ;)
Pendant examples:...
The glass pendant, I've seen literally hundreds of. That shape is typical as is the aventurine style sort of dichroic glass. Easily made en masse,...
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