It looks like a "kryptok lens",but is the bifocal fused to the glass or "glued" to the lens? Hard to tell from the photos.
Looks like it is an ash tray missing the brass ash tray part.
It's an Ostrich foot.
The gorget with the "Hamsa Hand " looks middle eastern,the brass bladed knife may be Pacific NW NA but need better photo.
http://www.capriottionline.com/en/store/icons/modelled-icon-with-madonna-and-child-silver-foil-model-fiori-3/
Get it translated and maybe someone can tell you.
A pound of medium grade labradorite rough is about $14,Finnish spectrolite can be more expensive and colorful.
Some type of sand casting and they didn't clean the sand out of the ears?
Looks like electroplating/forming over resin,etc. Many objects being made in China................
Too hard to see the construction of the bottom inside in the photo.But it looks cast and the soldered on Buddha plaques make it look like a...
It's not a Marine Corps EGA
They are ophthalmic prisms used by optometrist/ophthalmologist for testing vision. http://lpoproducts.com/luneauprismbarsethor-vert.aspx
Looks more like 375, 9K gold rhodium plated.
The arms and screws would act as a heat sink and defeat the operation.A third arm and a small metal dish of water is much better than the Tool Tip...
I have never seen anything like it for jewelry making.
Doesn't look hidden,a good part of the design was "flattened" to add the marks.
Looks like the design was applied to the cup on a rolling mill.
It took a while to remember where I had viewed similar material,just had to get the right keyword ........... Kirinite (TM) White MOP
In the new photos the ring looks like gold plated copper.
The construction is no different than thousands of rings made the last 100 years or longer.There is no "using old tools" ,gold/silversmiths have...
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