I wanted a Patti Playpal desperately.
As far as I know, wires that insert from the back of the ear are an older type of earring, so I would put these to the earlier end of your range....
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Another name for what I know as a dibble? I always think it is such a fun word.
Marie's WAG is on the money. Cameo is glass, in a mount similar to wire wrap ones we still see, except in much heavier gauge metal. The cameo...
Or Vulcan.
Welcome, Joan. This was not one of our successes. Maybe now that your post has revived the thread some new eyes will have an answer.
This makes me think the 'a' date letter is for 2000: https://www.silvermakersmarks.co.uk/Dates/London/Date%20Letters%20A.html
Bracelet is very much like ones my mother had from the 40s, when she would go to formal dances.
Heritage says the hallmarks on their box are for 1956, when Charles was 7 & not yet POW and Reagan was more than 20 years from being POTUS....
The scene suggests the Toilet of Nausicaa, but I can't find an original painting for it.
I think the prices you paid for the first two were very reasonable for retail.
The meteorite is apt to be unprepossessing in appearance. Don't reject any homely pieces of rock in the bottom of the bag without careful inspection.
Perhaps the glass looking things are bits of beach glass?
Or it got damaged when it fell off because the old clasp wasn't secure enough & owner took it to jeweller to have something more reliable...
Maybe. But I look at a lot of antique brooches & pendants & have never seen a locket/memento compartment that latched that way.
I've seen many Italian cameos in settings of similar workmanship.
There may have been a mark on the now missing bail. Surprised nothing on the C clasp.
The second pic looks like scuffed up MOP to me. Was the UV light on somewhere in the vicinity when the first pic was taken?
What a lovely thing to find. Are the red stones cut en cabochon? My first reaction to them was garnet, but if they're cohabiting with diamonds,...
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