I've been to a few US flea markets, albeit they were in LA, so possibly on the fancy end. Pasadena. ;) Yes, you pay for a space, can be as cheap...
I've got screw clips like that, they adjust really well. Much less tricky than ordinary screw backs. I reckon those are 60s, maybe early 70s....
Good point on the body shape: mind you, jewellers are as bad at music as they are botany! Just for clarity. Not saying they aren't tesserae, they...
Thirded, have had them with a label.
Flea markets are more upscale. ;) Yeah, what KSW said. Some booties, like Denham get thousands of stall holders. Too big and too damn early for...
I agree, verses from the Qu'ran.
I agree, a mandolin. It isn't strictly micro mosaic, that uses minute tesserae, making pictures that you can hardly tell aren't painted. Mosaic:...
Where did you buy it, kyra?
I love their platinum stuff. It was wildly expensive new, but I've seen it sell for so little now. :(
Aha. I've an old bit of amber which has dulled, must get some insect wax.
I've washed alabaster - Italian - with no issues. I find these quite often at car boots, to.
I think we started using platinum settings in the early 20th too.
Cameo is early 70s plastic, they were a Thing then. went with all that Laura Ashley.
Not a Victorian setting or cut to my eye. I'd have thought 20s or 30s. If you like it, keep it, at least for now.
That deep colour is topaz here. I've a rather nice ring with it. I'm not seeing cloudy, but I am seeing a bit mucky. ;)
If the "scimitar" ones are sharp, then cheese. If blunt, then butter. The other three, if sharp, are fruit. Collars might be silver, they often...
Oh, that's topaz. Late 19th.
May not be Chinese, some of these were made in Italy - those are alabaster.
Ah, if the blue isn't really there, then not. Yes, I've seen darker saphiret.
That bar brooch looks like dark saphiret to me.
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