If you see a cameo of some size that has the coloration of helmet shell but is thick with a flat back, you're almost always looking at resin. The...
Do you think the 'RG' on the frame of Ms. Ponytail indicates rolled gold? Or something in Italian?
I've seen this one described as sisters.
What do the holes on the helmet shell ponytail girl give away? Looks like someone got happy with a Dremel tool. The resin cameo with the jugate...
"The other" is molded resin. Ponytail girl is 50s or later, probably set in Italy, with that rather anachronistic hinge. Clasp is more accurate...
What about charoite?
There are more mineral varieties than are dreamt of in your philosophy...
I was typing my long winded reply while komo nipped in with his succinct one. :)
It photographs as blue & opaque. Amethyst can be cloudy but is not opaque. If it really is quite purple, sugilite is a possibility. I expect...
I see Lucy Locket found her pocket. :)
From here, stone looks like lapis lazuli.
Me too.
A friend calls an item like this "overdescribed". In my experience it means the seller is clueless.
Wrong mark & fineness. Not that I can tell you what it is.
More 1970s, I think. Dome & cluster & free form rings popular then. I would think the turquoise was glass if it weren't for the slight...
The rambling about German crystal is one of the strangest descriptions I've ever seen. Sounds like they gave the job to a bright fifth grader.
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You said it, sister.
Following on the ribbon mount idea, it could be mounted on black velvet ribbon of appropriate length as a choker length necklace. Snaps or hook &...
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