Hello all, happy Friday! I picked up this jewelry lot from auction recently described as "Victorian brass jewelry lot". I'm finding that...
Definitely! The nice thing was, I sent to the general Ashmolean antiquities email at the same time as cc'ing Dr Roberts and they replied before he...
Hi all. I finally got a response from an institution ( I tried contacting quite a few including the local university and others in Canada). This...
Totally missed that sentence about relining :hilarious:. Thank you!
I was wondering if it had been relined or not! If it hasn't been relined (apart from the staples being an indicator) it also doesn't have the...
Thanks everyone!
thanks for the confirmation!
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Hi all, this pick up was an odd one- I mistakenly thought when I won it at auction, that it was much smaller :shame:. It was described as, "...
Could be! although if it is known I can't find the original or much similar.
I do find it bizarre! I use a testing stone, I even have two bottles of 18k acid and they ate through the scratches. I scratches the frame, pin...
Still not acid testing as 18K, only 14K- how strange!
Oh interesting, I hadn't thought about the mount being newer than the cameo! Also the gold didn't test as 18K for me which is odd, I'll have to...
Funny, I thought French and now that I look again, is that a French eagle mark? I thought it was an angel :hilarious:
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Hello! Hoping you can help me with some information on this cameo. I spotted it as something more interesting in a mixed lot that I got from an...
I will, definitely!
Thanks for your input everyone, very much appreciated!
@Bronwen I have added pics of all of the figures around the jug if they are any more helpful! @Any Jewelry a few pics of the corrosion on the...
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