I love the red vase!!!
I didn't think of soaking it. I read somewhere that one should try to dry brush as much verdigris off as possible. When I have used ketchup to...
Your Taj Mahal reminds me of a story. I took a college baking course and made a gingerbread house. My dad's parents had a bakery in Philly, and...
I know this isn't a quality set, but for the price, I snapped it up. I do love the colors of the black mother of pearl and the way the metal trim...
You many not get the tops stone in, but you could put the dangles, once repaired, on kidney wire posts.... safer, they close in the back.
Wowzer, Terry, congratulations!!!!
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I love the paperweight, too. Greg, do you ever visit Wheatons? Score on those Tiffany candlesticks! Woo Hoo!
Cheryl, thank you, that's it! It sure looks like this species. https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/628114
I found this picture, but no identification as to what the coral is.[ATTACH]
I think the overall verdigris is nice, I was wondering about the concentrated heavy green spotting.
Thank you all.
Yes.
Lol!
Wow, I didn't know about color zoning. Thank guys!
I find these feather hats from time to time. What feathers did they use? Thanks. [ATTACH]
Do you have a local jeweler that can look at it for you and test the metal and stone? I am leaning towards glass due to how scratched the stone...
I am not seeing 18k because of the metal... the prongs are not right for 18k, and the wear on the metal doesn't look like gold.... I am seeing...
This is not old, but I do love it dearly. We live near an ocean, some closer than others, and humidity here gets to be awful. We really have to...
I looked for hours last night and didn't see anything like these. Only set in brass screwbacks, what type of white coral do you think this is? I...
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