Please can you explain a bit more? What is a pegged setting? What tells you this isn't the original stone?- Are the setting and the stone from two...
Another little charity shop broken jewellery box find :happy:. c14ct. Small ding to the stone on one side but otherwise beautiful!. About an inch...
I am!. I have a few bugs too to keep the beads company!.
I enjoy searching for little gems like this and researching them. I restring and reknot old necklaces and try to make them wearable again. I take...
I've just looked and I've got the 21 LED model too @antidiem, sorry if I misled you!
Thankyou :-)
About 16 inches
Boring brown beads suddenly become something else! I've got one like this. Cheap and cheerful, not very strong so I don't think too much of a...
Yes. Crackle glass. Going to be beautiful when I've spiffed them up!
Uranium glass beads glow under a UV light. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_glass
It's stapled to me now!. Can't think how I got to this age without realising the joy of a UV light and a dark closet. Small pleasures.
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What date do you think this glass necklace is from please?. It's heading for a wash and restring! Thanks for looking :-) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It's helpful for others who read the thread who don't know what Eilat stone is.:-)
Found an idiots guide to culets. Even my dog gets it now. [ATTACH]
Forgot this one. Another charity shop £2. Pretty pearl and Sterling necklace. Really beautiful lustrous pearls. [ATTACH]
Some nice bits and pieces from town today. The fruit salad necklace is plastic but such fun and very cheap.Theres an apple,grapes, pears,...
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Ah, I get it now. So the culet is the flat bottom where the pointy bit has been cut off, not the point itself?. Sorry that was like trying to...
How would I recognise this if it crossed my path @evelyb30 ?
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