I suspect 1920s or 30s. Given how common that cut and style was for glass beads - especially Czech - I think these are in the same vein. The style...
Now, I'd have thought that black and silver was Bidri ware. Interesting!
Looks like a mix of salt and crystalline.
I've a bottle of liquid jeweller's glue, which I must have had for thirty years. (!) It's extremely good, but I've no clue what it would be called...
That colour is very Chinese.
I've said many times that jewellers, silversmiths and china decorators are not botanists. ;)
Relatively easy fix. A bit of acetone on a cotton bud will clean the sockets, then jewellery glue on a paper clip tip dropped in. Moisten a...
Bohemian ruby cut to clear it is. It would have had an internal small stopper, not a dauber, and a silver cap which fitted over stopper and rim....
Yup, Bergdala troll. Hadeland and some others did similar ones, too.
I am very happy to be hinted at. ;) Seriously, if I do unearth a pair or two, I'll holler. I have literally several hundred pairs of earrings.
Hmm..... ;) Let me see if there's a pair I can part with. ;) They are CLIPS, tho'!
In the UK, £100 to £200, depending on where you sell it. They're not cheap.
If I find my brain, I'll happily tell you. ;) Do you know where in Europe they went?
Goldtone, yes.
Shape number.
I've got lots of those, all clips. Love them.
The glass actually looks right for Roman - if it isn't, it's an OLD copy. They're not expensive, but I do like them. The wee man may be...
Anyone got any Brasso?
I know one word of Romanian: Naroc! We have a fab local Romanian butcher - they sell amazing sausages and some rather fine wines, too. And I am...
It'd not be called a Welsh dresser here.
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