Very useful - thank you.
Haggle. You ought to get 30% off with those stones gone.
Agreed on Chinese, there's some super stuff made there.
I was thinking hold it upright in a sibstance? That the lines and numbers might be markers, if you see what I mean?
I have some with Italy, and some sans, which have lesser backs. I can remember buying some off stalls in markets. ;)
@Bob Heidenreich - do you have a relative who runs a bed and breakfast in New England?
Hospital or prison, if British would have been more likely to have a royal cipher or the city crest, something like that. Military would have a...
I'd speculate it's for measuring something.
That one is typically 1960s, Bou.
Lurchers are very specific. They have to be half sight hound. A mongrel can be any old mix. You've a goodly lot of amber there.
Yup, it's a known shape and decoration.
Blue might be a Ruskin cabouchon.
The box is still made , yours may be 80s ish. Nice garnets, between the wars.
Inclined to agree on the box, I think not that old. Probably from India.
I love snakes. They feel wonderful: I've a photo somewhere of me with a python wrapped round me. Your coral necklace looks 1920s or 30s, very...
Brooches are good - as aj says, you've at least two gold ones.
I had a few of those beads, I wish I knew what I did with them!
The mottled ones honey, the chip shows it.
It's Bidri Ware from India. Tourist piece I'd suspect.
I've got those brown beads, never have quite decided what they are. Pink ones look porcelain.
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