This is one I've had for some years now, also with a signature that appears perfectly legible, or almost. What do the rest of you see? The...
OK, could have put this with the problem children in the cameo signature thread, but she's also a new acquisition so I'll show, & maybe you'll...
That fish hook shaped tongue belongs with a traditional pearl clasp. The tongue for this one should be more like this:...
I had a friendly relationship with one seller, from whom I bought the Reverchon Perseus cameo. After I pointed out that a netsuke she was selling...
That very brief article did cite some incidents that suggest Princess Michael still has a rather patronizing, colonizing power attitude & is...
Does the clasp work properly on the coral beads? The 2 sides don't look like they belong together.
What do the German words with the music say?
Coral & lapis lazuli. The gold elements could be gold filled; no way to know from photos if no marks.
She didn't snarl at you & tell you to mind your own business? Amazing!
I long ago learned to assume a decent box in a photo was probably not part of the deal, although if the item interests me otherwise, I do check...
Careful where you wear it! https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a14481097/princess-michael-of-kent-racist-brooch/
In the one photo my eye/brain want to make something recognizable, but if a silver mark of some type, not one I know. [ATTACH]
Most of the cartouches are the wrong shape.
That bit does not look to me to be inconsistent in form or texture with other parts of the nugget. I vote not solder.
Sovereign = 22.05 mm Nickel = 20.05 mm Value used to be 1 pound. Don't know what you did if you got back change!
I considered stamp holder, but they seem not to have any kind of spring. This is most like a 'sovereign holder', as far as I can tell.
Wiki tells me that the Herman's Hermits version was released in the US ahead of Goldie's, so it got eclipsed. You can hear the NY accents even...
It always boggles my mind that such things are even considered acceptable to leave the cutter's workshop, much less to be made into a commercial...
Had not heard of them, although Decca certainly a big enough label to give serious promotion if wanted. Were they a Canadian group?
Yet another name I had to look up.
Separate names with a comma.
