They're freshwater pearls.
Carnelian. Looks home strung.
That is an Egyptian mark for 600 silver. Yes, they used 600, 800 & 900 silver. Think now they have standardized to sterling.
If they are metal, wouldn't they transmit the heat from a hot glass? Not very protective that way.
This one & others like it in INH's search are made from whole clam shells, the 2 valves (sides) glued together, the dull outer cuticle sanded off...
Comparing the hairlines of the first pair & the ears & eyebrows of the second, I would say no, they are not the same man.
An engraving is not necessarily a lithograph.
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I found a cache of them among my mother's things. She collected other paper ephemera. Proprietor of shop she favored for valentines & other...
EBay is not in the business of authenticating anything; it's strictly caveat emptor.
How prophetic. Nice chunk of glass. :)
Agates are chalcedony & chalcedony is by definition translucent. When it's not, it's called jasper. Agree, malachite it is not.
All this explains why the gorgeous box I posted in one of the other box threads is described as Swiss yet has a French gold assay mark. I had...
Both brooches. On older daughter too. But no cameo. :( I have seen dresses like the one on the younger girl only in paintings of the children...
Love how the jewellery pops out.
To be antique it would need to be from the Edwardian period or earlier. It simply does not look like glass ware of that period. What it does...
The stones are, or are meant to look like, lapis lazuli, black onyx, turquoise & coral.
How tall is it?
I took Italian, not ceramics. Sorry, that's all I know. We recently lost our expert in this field & miss him very much.
Our 'glassies' will say something more definitive, but to me it looks like what it is for is to be decorative. Also looks pretty modern. Unless...
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