Maybe @i need help can move your 2 threads to the jewelry forum.
bottle cap opener
Hiding under her own wings?
roof tile
Twisted wire edge,wire brush texture,small stones may be replacements being set in the tall bezels.
Finger food,salmon roe and raw quail egg. [ATTACH]
Lóngguī,Chinese dragon turtle.
Somewhere on the forums there is a discussion about verdigris on gold. I believe gold under 22K with copper as an alloy can have verdigris due to...
Nickel is magnetic,most jewelry applications are nickel silver which is not magnetic.
Stainless steel wire used by many hobbyist,etc.... https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/stainless-steel-wire-jewelry/
To reduce the amount of silver needed to cast the piece.
Homemade,sloppy soldering of the "gold" insert and professionals usually don't make that much of a mess with a ball burr on the inside of the ring.
Here is an interesting conversation on a metal detecting forum......
Are you in the USA? The National Gold and Silver Stamping Act was enacted in 1905.The ring would need to be tested as there really isn't a...
Looks like rose and smoky quartz.
Almost every type of jewelry can be made at home.
Looks like the model for an Art Deco hood ornament.
Was just asking,in the 60's my father and many other people had fakes which were made in the thousands.......
Steamed and pressed thin wood glued to a plain wood base,another example with process in description....
I don't see children playing,looks like 2 "nobles" about to be stabbed in the back.
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