PS: back of the brooch photo please.
Cuflinks are faux Damascene, aka Toledo Ware from Spain,1960s ish. Last but two necklace looks 1990s - those flat things on clasps tend to mean...
Hm. This could be from Turkey, Malta, Portugal, India, Ohrid or several other places where silver filigree was and is still made.Not much help, I...
I know that bridge! I've walked over it, used to work not far away.
I'd certainly not put vinegar near lava, too much porosity. Shell is a bit less vulnerable in many ways: after all, it's used to make mustard and...
Might be hand carved, but most of these were done with some machine "assistance". The darker bits are ebonised. Insurance is tricky: you'd not...
I agree that this is recent. I've seen bits with that exact pattern, crazing and so forth on sale.
Might be Colombian, I've seen wee bits like that.
If in doubt, use a Q tip dunked in it and rub away. Vinegar isn't likely to affect gilding. It won't touch glass or stone, either. There's a...
If in doubt, a white vinegar bath. The gloop just anchors the acid. Bracelet looks like a variant on a snake chain. There's another term, but I've...
Close ups, please.
That's a lobster claw clasp on the chain so it's no older than twenty years. It is NOT a British hallmark - you've some kind of modern maker's...
I agree. That wear is too deliberate.
It's giving me the screaming ab dabs. <shiver>
Thai script, from what I can make out.
I'd say your bracelet is between the wars Czech brass. I have some with similar links. Construction looks right for then, too. And they did make...
Not Birmingham. The blue stone is modern 925 silver. The other may or may not be silver but is also recent, given that lobster claw clasp. If...
Green velvet? Mine are. You'll probably never find out who, it's such a typically late Victorian thing. And that's the style: late Victorian....
The stone also doesn't look big enough to me.
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