If you have something that will do the job with a really thin layer of adhesive & that is not going to discolor with time, I'd glue it. Seems...
It's possible not all elements are the same material; could be a mix of glass & jet or jet simulants.
It is an older style clasp & looks a bit feeble for what I imagine the weight of the necklace to be if glass (not jet?) but could be original....
Toggle clasp is also available at your friendly neighborhood beading supply shop. Haven't bought one in at least 10 years, but they were not more...
Was your mom a craft show shopper? When I see something that would be within my limited skills to make with a price tag like that, crafts fair...
This is being sold as Heubach & also has only a number impressed on the back: [IMG] The detail on yours is so much better.
Wolber seems to have made a specialty of grave monuments. Plaque could be based on one of those. Figure could be simply allegorical, e.g., Old Age.
Italian glass micromosaic.
I don't think the size the first piece is now is the size it was made to be. The spacing no longer looks regular, more like someone has untwisted...
They look like high quality coral to me too, but need more & clearer pix.
Are you sure there are no other marks? French marks are minute. In the second photo, the 2 pieces in the center each have a spot that reflects...
Exactly. And 'fancy sapphire' covers all the other colors this mineral can be. Amethyst & citrine are the same thing, quartz, different colors....
Radiator or toast rack?
The basic answer is yes, this has been & continues to be done. It is a topic I wish I knew more about, i.e., when were cameos of this type first...
Some of these, particularly coral used in NA work, is a different species of coral. In my experience, it is only finding that something is not...
Sorry, I sit drinking coffee, corrected. Getting a late start & haven't been through my first cup yet. Holly is absolutely correct: aquamarine &...
My mother got into furnishing a doll house & bought very high quality pieces for it. Only the bathroom fixtures were not quite the same caliber,...
If those holes that suggest eyes are not where the cord would pass through for use as a netsuke, how can this be both a netsuke & Daruma sans...
As AJ confirmed, almandine a type of garnet. Do the black stones test out of the range for tourmaline (schorl)? Aquamarine is chrysoberyl*; they...
Yes, glass, & probably gilt brass. You can usually smell brass.
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