In the beginning there was quartz. Macrocrystalline quartz. Amethyst (purple), citrine (yellow), rose quartz (pink), rock crystal (colorless)....
You still have time to edit your premature post. Edit, then Other Choices (think that's what it's called) & you can add photos, as long as files...
Sometimes it is solid. Don't know how rare/common unveined specimens are. [IMG] https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/230969
Oh, usually you do restring them. You don't necessarily want all of them for your project & the cord they come on is usually not strong enough to...
The first one is also a Halley's comet type of design, & construction, with those little coils of wire, looks right for the time. The second one...
Just looked at the whole picture: Get in line!
Think my idiomatic French is insufficient for the other one. 'beau blond' is a good looking (male) blond. Think first bit is something like...
'In line' & 'Something (Sniffing?) forbidden'. Correction below.
I'm surprised that with that nice sterling clasp that has the additional safety catch the beads were not knotted. Afraid that despite the...
These cameos originated in W. Germany & seem to be the most reproduced design of all time. Suspect they are still being made. Widely exported,...
Think there is the influence of the 1910 appearance of Halley's comet here....
Some poor soul, probably in India, did the drilling, not the person who did the stringing. The beads are sold by the strand. Agree with AJ that...
I figured there had to be some exceptions. That one is a different sort of concoction than the vintage ones, which are far less imaginative. [IMG]
Not so far as I can tell. It is all antique, or nearly, Egyptian Revival era. I have never seen a contemporary piece using real ones. Lots in...
I love that the restoration expert's name is Zenzie Tinker. There is still a ton of jewellery made with scarab beetles floating around. Amazing...
Or maybe had a wooden base as a mini paperweight? I don't think it was cut in half, made this way.
We had a popcorn popper my parents must have bought in the 50s with a detachable cord very much like that. For the language, once again, @Figtree3
Interesting. In hagiography, Cecilia is indicated by the presence of one or more musical instruments, particularly an organ. Maybe the turban...
The barrel looks to me like a section of bamboo. Bamboo or barrel, with a tiger inside seems like something from an Asian imagination. I don't...
Hi Alfa. It's helpful to us if you post pix full size instead of as thumbnails. You can still use edit & more choices (? something like that) to...
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