The Great Seal of the United States mark is simple.Anything an embassy bought in country was marked.Plates,cups,silverware,etc....................
If it was found near where you live,it is most likely a glacial pothole stone.
The design could have come from publications,the internet,or a person's idea.There is no way of dating it and it could have been made last year.
Looks like it was acid etched,maybe student/hobbyist made.
Give it a good cleaning and shine a light thru the back.
When buying raw materials it is always troy ounces and pennyweight. http://www.hauserandmiller.com/fab/flatsheet.html
The "sun" mark looks a little like the Taiwan national sun.
Great Seal of the United States
The clasp is a fish hook clasp................
I guess you didn't know that Damascene is mostly overlaid. It is misidentified as inlay in many cases by people who never actually looked at the...
Scratching with fingernail on soapstone will produce talc powder and prove the stone is soapstone and not a hard stone like jasper.
Simple test,try scratching the bottom with your fingernail.
I think your gem tester needs a new "brain". Demantoid is garnet,Emerald is beryl and Paraiba is tourmaline.Everything you listed are totally...
Hard to tell with the light reflections,etc. but many beads appear to have bubbles.
Could have been made by any number of people,SW style unless the initials can be identified. A few walnut shells..............
Looks like it was repaired with an excess amount of solder..
If it is one of Margaret Thurman's rings it must have been made when she was an inexperienced beginner since the quality is poor.
Bad casting from a wax model,the break on the bottom of ring shank is from someone trying to size it larger and broke it since the porosity...
Doubt it was unique,the base urn was made in one workshop and sold to various small back alley workshops.Unknown numbers of workers cutting out...
Fish Tales 2 ?
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