Here's an olive stone one, if it shows up: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/479844535268338416 Rosaries are purely devotional, and absolutely not...
You need five lengths of ten beads, marker between each, then three before the crucifix. Does that add up to what you have? Oh, and I've just...
Rosaries aren't meant to be worn. We got told that very firmly, it's sacreligious. The olive wood round ones could possibly be from a rosary: I've...
Round ones are carved olive wood, I think. The others are nuts/seeds, can't recall what.
Paging @Walter Del Pellegrino
Far too much fun. ;) The butterfly - 925 silver and amber - is enormous. Three inches across. The purse pleases me hugely, I've a stash of them.
The S is the maker of the finding. Pretty mass produced 80s or 90s, of minimal value, I'm afraid.
The letters are the person or company who applied for the assay. That can be the maker, but it can also be a retailer or company of some sort. In...
That's a very nice little chest of drawers. The handles are high Art Nouveau - on their own, they'd be worth a few quid. I very much doubt it was...
You still have jumble sales? Oh, I wish.....!
You could always ask, of course: https://www.assayofficelondon.co.uk/other-services/trace-a-hallmark
Has to be a decent maker and sponsor. It costs money to get import marks - cheaper import silver here relies on just a .925. My Jacksons and...
Plata de ley is also Spanish for silver, just to throw that in.
Got it. Thank you!
I'd agree with Debora on the dating, screams 1980s. I like clips. I like those.
Most of those clip earrings are 1980s - I still have a fair few.
Oh, and a fabulous silk petit point 1920s reticule. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Handfuls of jools over the weekend. All shall be added to the Hoard. None more than a quid. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I've not dug up glass sherds, but I do find Roman tile snippets in my garden.
Burr walnut.
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