Are the beads attracted to a magnet?
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It's a soldered seam from sizing.
3D printing for jewelry has been used for a number of years.The equipment has gotten affordable for hobbyist ......
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It looks like a copy/reproduction made by a student/hobbyist.
The engraving looks like an Asian motif,this type of pens are still made in China and Indonesia.
It is not damascene,it is some type of material inlaid into mother of pearl.
Did you mean a Karambit knife?...
Fused silver dust on the rectangle,many hobbyist/artisans are using the technique. Process video starting at 5 minutes. [MEDIA]
Old Tiffany jewelry was not always marked,I repaired a necklace years ago with no marks,the owner had the original sales receipt from the 1930's...
I guess you know nothing about the laws in the USA,there no requirement to mark precious metal objects.
The stones look like Polki diamonds from India.
The stones could be garnets.
Looks like it maybe a star sapphire,take outside with sun over head and see what happens.
It's a Rod of Asclepius and not a caduceus.
Basically it is pot metal... 1 part copper 16 parts zinc.
If I remember right in the 1970/80's malachite for making jewelry,etc. got scarce do to the mines in Africa sending everything to the refiners for...
The length of the spoon in the mold looks it was for a full size spoon.
It's a rubber mold for lost wax casting,someone wanted to make fakes/reproductions of an original. [ATTACH]
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