Test the damascene with a magnet,actual Spanish damascene is magnetic.Spanish damascene is not inlaid, it is an overlay.
Everyone's body chemistry is different,when I was in my teens I cold hold a new bright copper penny between my thumb and index finger for 5...
A wild guess is low grade spectrolite.It could have been made by a student/hobbyist,are there gem and mineral shows,college jewelry making classes...
There were thousands of these die stamped scenes,many were reproduced from 18th and 19th century paintings.The signature on this piece is probably...
Reticulated is the process and the textured end product,I really can't see the necklace closeup it could be commercially made.
Someone in a shed? It could have been made by a student,hobbyist,etc. as it is unmarked.That doesn't mean it is cheap,even small pieces of...
I meant a wax gun...a wax pen is for carving. https://www.riogrande.com/content/matt-wax-gun-for-jewelry-design-designing-on-water-vid-jpg
The top photo has reticulated silver with maybe carnelian. Middle photo someone was playing with a wax pin and maybe a garnet. Bottom photo the...
Agates and jasper are the same material and will polish the same.Yours may be another material and softer like alabaster....
Two mammoth ivory Maori Hei Matau. [ATTACH]
There is nothing pointing to the stone or the carving is from New Zealand,it could be whatever stone from China.
@aaroncab Hard to tell what type of stone was used.
The only thing a patent date tells you is the date it was issued and not the date a piece was made. Ezra F. Bowman engraving tools have had the...
The Hmong are very particular about the silver they use,it needs to have a certain tone when it is tapped with another piece.When they lived in...
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It is available in 22 x 28 inch size ................ https://www.dickblick.com/products/scratch-art-scratchboard/
Impossible to date many of this type,made in small shops for tourist,sold on the street,etc....
Looks like it was cast flat and then hand bent some what round and the ends soldered.After soldering probably put over an iron pipe and hammered...
Define handmade. It looks like it was cast,where is the solder seam?
@kraftblue Simple test... drag your fingernail or the edge of a butter knife across the bottom of the base.If it is soapstone it will scratch the...
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