It looks like it was cobbled together from a bunch of leftover scrap pieces from a jewelers bench.There is probably 5 times more solder holding it...
Looks like an "evil eye".
And then there are the hundreds of "hobo" nickels made................
@Aquitaine @clutteredcloset49 My snowflake is not marked as I made it and at that time it was illegal to mark metal content/type without a...
There were checkerboard cut types in the 1930's I believe.Lapidary Journal and other magazine were publishing designs in the 60's,then the Windows...
Going through tree decorations and thought a few here would like it... sterling snowflake a little over 2 inches in diameter. [ATTACH]
Button covers and people were doming coins for many things years ago.Jewelry,pill boxes and many other objects.
@scoutshouse One of the faceting clubs in Oregon had over 1200 diagrams published before 1985.Nationally someone published a free faceting design...
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The 3rd photo also looks like something inside,the silver castings are full of porosity and excess solder on the hinges.
Interesting............. the stone in the second photo right hand side appears to have a bubble in it.
Plated mystery metal,the plating is worn off on the tongue and lever.
Measure the diameter of the inside of the barrel.
You won't be able to tell much from feeling the exterior surface,the photos show a number of incised lines on the top and side filled with another...
Alcohol lamp,wax in metal bowl,spoon in wax to place hot wax on document and stamp with crystal shaft.
One photo looks like the broken area if fibrous and the other photo looks crystalline.Easy way to test is try to scratch the broken edge with your...
The "blob" is a ball of solder,if you look at the lower opening on the left side you will see around 2-3mm area is filled with solder,the arc...
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This is Bell Trading Post info for the same time period,they made hundreds of this type of items,they did have NA employees,but their products...
Along with the key word spamming with no visible proof....Old pawn over used ,no proof it was pawned. Bell Trading Post,no photo of maker's...
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