Majorica are individally knotted and treated as real ones for manufacture. They certainly are very robust.
I'll have a hunt. I did get rid of some broken bits, which is annoying. Sods law!
I'd say overpriced. It's brass. My top would be £20 if I were keeping it.
Sea foam bubbles.
It's a common charm from the 50s and 60s. That's a one pound note rolle up inside it: you also got ten shilling note ones, too. Supposedly for...
I may have a bit....
That looks like early Bourne Denby. I'd have said early 20th.
Yup. Other half brought me a piece from Ohrid, Macedonia. Not that far.
Yes please!
Any time, honey! The marks can be very tricky to find.
italy doesn't really do that filigree tho'. Portugal and Turkey, yes, as well as Macedonia. If it had a pin clasp I'd have thought Turkish.
Yes, they absolutely did. There's often an embossed marking under the gild. I've seen unmarked ones too.
True, they set them better in past times. These are as secure as precious stones would be.
Ciro did those too. I do agree it's got chain missing, but that's not a huge issue.
I know! So often one has gone walkies. I cleaned it VERY gently.
Yes, copper, fid. It's well made, the design is on both sides.
Those chunky cuffs were huge and that's almost a CND sign. It's a nice thing.
I love Majorica pearls, which are the best ones. Ma used to buy them in the sixties, and I've bought more modern pieces.
The Portuguese ones tend to be more along the lines of linked flowers, if that makes sense.
Screams 1960s to me.
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