Afterthought: you could do the same thing with plain chain, running the pin through 2 links, just not too low down or it would tilt.
I recently got complimented on my necklace from a couple of strangers in an elevator when I took a tip from @kyratango & pinned a cameo brooch...
It does not take more than a few years for findings that are anything but gold to start looking aged. After 10 years they could just as well be...
I feel I know exactly what the finish on this dinnerware is like but haven't a clue what to call it or who would have made it. Satin?
Just as a generality, the presence of bead caps does not by itself rule out a craft project as they are readily available. Something I look for...
We had Melmac plates for everyday use when I was growing up. (For @Any Jewelry You use them on Mackinac Island while wearing your Mackintosh.)
Send it to kyra; she does marvels with aluminum foil. :D Seriously, I think it was probably originally a pearl, & no doubt you will be able to...
Artificially brightened but no color alteration: [ATTACH] For me the color is not inconsistent with specimens IDed on the Internet as Eilat...
Eilat stone is this sort of thing, a mixture of minerals, but similar rock can be found in locations other than Israel. If origin is unknown,...
Depends on what you mean by 'some age'. She looks very high quality to me, which suggests to me she is not new. She has been around long enough...
Correlle is a kind of very sturdy glass, so I thought by Melamine you meant you thought the material is 'unbreakable', but pix of bottom says...
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Are the ivory colored beads also glass? (Assuming the millefiori beads are glass & not polymer clay.)
Melamine is a kind of plastic. Are you thinking of Corelle or something that way?
She certainly does look like she belongs on a French clock. Not sure how much more we'll be able to tell you than what you already know/surmise....
So is @Bakersgma. (Thank you.) Somehow, guess because of the steamy name, I always thought they were tropical & did not expect to see one here....
The site reduces many of us to prostration. Welcome, Karen. Since you like botanical & nature observation, do you have any idea of what this...
I see the possibility of Levi's. Maybe customer for whom it was being framed. Could have been a shop.
So maybe no one had to go to Manchester. Perhaps they could also be found in some London shops. It does make sense, like The Mackintosh, now...
Maybe I should clarify that I'm thinking of an amateur/student copy, not an attempt at forgery. Copyists do sometimes put the name of the...
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