The bird looks like it may be a puffin.
Hobbyist and crafters were using actual crystals with caps in the late 70's and early 80's.With the New Age craze many of the pieces were made in...
A goldsmith's tools would be in their work bench.
Royal Australian Air Force
Looks like a spaniel.
New Age/healing crystal semiprecious stones, they have been around for many years .................
Size?? Looks like water buffalo horn.
0000 steel wool wrapped around a tooth pick or bamboo skewer,possible a non food colored tooth paste also.
I believe the frame has a spline miter box joint which has been used for many years.......
Looks like a ferret skull,but there are a number of small mammals... i.e. fox,marten,red deer hoof,etc....
Looks like a dragon/sea serpent
Look at the concave back and side view of the brooch ,no one would waste time to carve out a concave reverse side stone and bend the setting to...
Looks like shell
Too many cameos,need a little change of pace...……….. [ATTACH]...
@sweetwillow555 Triplets have a thin slice of opal with color but there are a number of grades depending on how much "fire/pattern" is...
The information in the link does say it is a doublet,so not actually a real black opal,Mexico does have some black opal but it is rare.
It's an Air Force plane
Renaissance faire has been around since the 60's...……… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Pleasure_Faire_of_Southern_California
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I think it is opal mosaic,the pieces look like they were cleanly cut and ground on a flat disk. examples of ammolite ......
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