Heat cracked and dyed carnelian,trade names... crackeled carnelian,crackeled fire agate,etc.
Looks like an older fish hook clasp.
At today's prices the stone would cost $5+each,30 years ago they were around $1 each. We don't know when this piece was made....
What is the diameter of the rubies?
The round spot on the back is old solder from an previous clasp. The front surface is covered with solder from the granulation process.
Japanese vegetable...
They still make metal and wood sliding snuff boxes.... https://www.mrsnuff.com/products/rococo-sliding-gold-snuff-box
The large stone could be amethyst, there is something at the 4 o'clock position but the lighting is dark and photo too blurry.
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It could be any number of materials including titanium,just a guessing game with an online photo.
Is the ring magnetic?
Could be a tungsten carbide ring,there is another type which can be black also,but the name escapes me right now....
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The photo is too dark,it looks like a patch covering a hole in the pot.
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It depends on what animal the claw came from and state laws.It is illegal to sell any parts from a bear in California as an example........
It's on the bottom right of the painting and bottom right of the border.
There is Mexican Purple Passion/Parcelas Agate and Holly Blue agate is more purple than blue. Most of the "agate" beads in the photos appear to be...
These areas appear to have solder where it doesn't belong.Too many reflections in other photos to pick out specific areas. The leaf circle is...
The photos are not in focus when enlarged,but at least 60% of the piece is coated with solder.
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