The damage to the foil backing on the rhinestones doesn't happen overnight, but it does happen :(
Oh my, all the magenta and yellow are gone!
Hi Brenda and welcome. Queen Victoria reigned from 1837 to her death in 1901 so if it was made between those dates it is Victorian :)
What a lovely piece, both the cameo and the mounting!
Getting the rhinestones wet will cause the foil backing to degrade and turn black, you will have "dead rhinestones"...
Early on, when I was young, I bought damaged items because I couldn't afford pristine examples. Now I am able to be more picky. As a seller, I...
Yes, cut steel. The cut steel part looks darker than the rest, I wonder if someone took a cut steel part and made the earrings.
I can't tell you how many times I see cracked or broken jelly jars at yard sales. I don't get that either!
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