Marks look correct for 1877 to me - when the 9, 12, and 15 carat gold standards were introduced in 1854, they were not struck with duty marks....
Not really sure what to say here - have given numerous examples of really serious anomalies on a really odd item, and personally, have no doubt...
Nothing wrong with that at all, Komo, everyone's tastes are different, but what I see is a somewhat crudely made and kind of weird item, cobbled...
From a 1904-05 publication: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Truthfully, suspect this is a complete fantasy object, with whoever created it using a fake stamps on the tablets, the Grachev Bros, stamp also...
Rough translation: [ATTACH] It's a lovely piece, and I'd think genuine - but not really seeing any valid comparison between a well-crafted...
Ahhh, but done on a loom regardless - popular craft... ~Cheryl
Looks to me like a loom beaded necklace, she may have even made it herself... ~Cheryl
Dragons? Where are the dragons? I want to see dragons too! Suppose it's individual perception, but I see little wear to the odd...
Don't like to deal with Russian silver because it's a very complicated area, and one filled with fakery, especially Judaica - but this item just...
Believe you mean a trombone clasp rather than a tube hinge... ~Cheryl
I wouldn't worry about #14, almost certainly Reed & Barton's 1960s-'70s silverplate 'Color Glaze', though some of the modernist shapes can do...
They're usually brass - water or lassi glasses/cups......
Usually just keep it to myself if I don't like something, but gotta say, not impressed with the looks or quality of the stuff, to my eye, most is...
Hope you don't mind my sharing a somewhat similar ring with an aged green turquoise cabochon that I bought my Mom 25-30 years ago - she loved it,...
From an 1889 retailer's catalog: [ATTACH] ~Cheryl
Hand and Hammer was founded way after this bracelet was made, INH (and not anything a de Matteo would produce) - believe it's Hamilton & Hamilton,...
Though not made the same, shows the use of the cherry motif on jewelry in 1890: (from Jargstorf's 'Baubles, Buttons and Beads: The Heritage of...
I'd think the same, maybe late 19th century into the early 20th... ~Cheryl
Can't shake the feeling that I've seen these, or similar, dangling from a brooch, but a very quick search and run through my books that are handy,...
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