I do have experience and was considered a master optician. At one time frame I made thousands of eyeglasses.
Prescription lens can be mounted into a $25 sun glass frame from the local convenience store.
Painting/scrimshaw on bone/wood with electroformed leaf on the back side.
What do you consider "optical quality"?
No surface treatment,poorly cast.
If the belemnites were opalized you would have a lot of money. https://www.opalauctions.com/auctions/gem-quality-opalized-fossil-belemnite-735130
I thought it was Captain Crunch at first glance,but he doesn't have a "C" on the hat.
The red beads may be coral.
Not really,she needed something to hold the bun to the back of her head.
What does the bottom of the base look like?
No way to hammer it to an 8,it will need at least 6mm length of metal added to shank.
Looks like it was cast and not repousse.
The only way to know where turquoise came from is to be at the mine when it's brought to the surface and buy there.
Looks like the sapphire was not orientated and cut too flat for a good star to appear. Sapphire/ruby crystals are Hexagonal,the lines radiate out...
Can you see a star in the sapphire?
Look like Persian turquoise.
It's not a quality piece,either it has had poor repairs or the fabrication was bad to start with.
photo?
Looks real,silver pique inlaid tortoiseshell .
Looks like a French eagle head mark to me.... http://www.silvercollection.it/DICTIONARYEUHALLMARKFRANCE.HTML
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