Realistic. <snort> Starburst abstract flower 3D goldtone faux amethyst rhinestone. I think it's 1960s fwiw.
I wear cuff links. Ma used to make nice buttons into links, and I've even had garments made specifically to show off buttons.
Not an apothecary cabinet - it's the type that went below or behind a shop counter, and took sundries of all sorts. Whilst Boots were and still...
The Magic Balls I get are pure copper - these: [IMG]
Don't feel bad, we like looking at Stuff.
Oh, and mistletoe it ain't. I grow that!
They probably missed it because it's not a UK hallmark. I wonder if it's Mikimoto or another good Japanese pearl company.
They are rather like a brooch I had identified here as Limoges. Between the wars I suspect.
I have small copper balls specifically sold to clean good glass. They work quite well. Cheapest denture tablets, I keep stocks of!
I agree not high end quality. That back on the second two is often Beau Jewels or Judy Lee.
OK, another thought. Google on Stromberg Diamond. Looks very like Mandruzzato in shape,but plain colours.
Clasp is fine. Agreed on material and date - it's about the time Lea Stein started doing Lucite stuff, although this isn't one of hers.
Given that Italian is one of the Swiss languages, it could be from there.
Oh, fine, couldn't read that. Earlier then - but still the same company I can't remember the name of!
Yup, greg is spot on. There's a major difference between crud and deposit cleaning and true glass sickness. Aaron, if you've tried descaler,...
That would be a keeper for me. That cut stone is much like a lot of silver coming out of Indonesia.
The made in Slovakia mark means relatively recent. These are probably made by a company I can't quite recall the name of. (Exabor? Ekabor? Who...
Agreed: it's the same shape and profile as much Mandruzzato sommerso.
Isopropyl doesn't fix glass sickness, it camouflages it. Muriatic acid or sanding is the only real fix.
Duette is a very specific patent, French originally, from memory. That clasp isn't typical of Coro or the other makers I've had.
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