Looks like someone lost half of the clasp and put a hook earring on it.
The badge is military equipment operator,like USN SEABEES don't know which country though.
interesting article about expiring copyrights...............
Maybe it was the context of the comment,an over generalization of techniques and tools used.The holes in your piece mean little as far as...
The photos aren't closeups of the designs and not in focus,most like the pot was made on a patterned rolling machine.
People were still using natural stone grinding wheels after 1980... in fact I was using stone wheels on glass through the 1990's as were thousands...
Patent dates mean little,an engraver handle manufacturer marked their original patent date for a graver locking collar for 100 years.
That's the problem with photos,it could have easily been carved with a CNC machine.Without having it in hand no one can see the how holes were...
It's a sash buckle.............. https://www.rubylane.com/item/1376780-RL-000554/Vintage-1918-14K-Gold-Floral-Scrolled
Of course they made steel handled sledge hammers,just guess what they are used for..........
Without a maker's signature it's almost impossible to date.You could join this forum and someone may provide more info on yours....
Depending on when it was made,there have been other resins which were heat cured and looked like glass enamel probably starting in the 1990's....
The "turtle" is on top of the nose and right eye,toward the left of the turtles head is a "fin" on top of the dragon's head.Also a beard under the...
@Oliver S You can check it with a magnet to see if it is iron,but there are many Japanese copper alloys and it may not be a bronze type.
The original Ramaura ruby specimens that were sent to the GIA lab in Los Angeles were deemed high grade natural rubies,so Judith Osmer changed the...
Looks like it's iron,the filled in black metal is shakudo and missing a bit of the gold Zogan inlay.
It's a Japanese tsuba sword hardware.
Then again it could be the perfect imitator, the Ramaura™ Cultured Ruby.
Could be tungsten-iron, tungsten-polymer, tungsten-nickel-iron, and bismuth-tin..... all are used in modern non lead shells.
It's a dragon,the head is under the turtles,not sure what the tentacles belong to....... looked it up, it's a Jiaolong dragon.
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