Cool. I've not handled them before so have nothing to compare against. Not quite sure I have earned that badge of honour yet but I'm working on...
I am glad that mystery is solved as I've just spent a few hours considering if I had completely lost my marbles. I even worriedly did a search of...
No, I’ve not posted these before.I only bought them on Sunday...... I will do a search!.
That crossed my mind but they are quite lightweight?
They were working hard on my other post and I've obviously scared them off!
They are brilliant aren't they :-)
No, I had no idea!. Thanks for that Holly :-)
This looks to be a great source of information (after your good selves of course!). Two pages on mourning jewellery if you scroll down....
Bingo Houseful. Definite UV reaction on the side areas without the thick lacquer. So Victorian(?) pressed horn it seems to be. Apologies for...
Can horn be pressed?
Bois Durci 'It is made from finely ground wood 'flour' mixed with a binder, either egg or blood albumen or gelatine' :meh::vomit: Excuse me if I...
That could well be the case here that it's a mixture of whatever they could get their hands on!.
You are on fire today Houseful!. Could be horn. I'll dig my UV light out when I get home. Off to Google before I appear (more) ignorant.........
Could well be as that looks very similar. Then lacquered which we can see coming off the back. I never knew there was such a thing as pressed wood...
I wondered that but the pattern looks pressed not carved. All one substance I think. No joins unless well hidden. The pattern is identical on all...
To begin with I thought these were plastic but now I'm wondering if the plain beads are jet as they are light, have that slightly plastic feel but...
Black bracelet panel beads approx 2cm long. I'm not sure what they are made of. Firstly I thought wood or bog oak by the splits in the sides which...
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Thankyou. Very interesting :-)
Could be Ivory but I was hoping not. I haven't looked closely under a loupe yet. The pendant makes it more interesting. Not sure what it is- a...
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