No, the bail is not for the bar pin, it is for something suspended from it. Think it only looks like it might be something that way because the...
The lady in the photo shows the fashion, although with a much smaller brooch than in many other photos I have seen.
Thou art correct. Nor brothers neither. But realized I was misreading OP. It actually says hidden drawers & I now assume this simply means that...
Keeps the servants from making off with the contents. :)
The fold out stand holds the lens at optimal focal length, so quite a handy thing to have. I like it better than either of my loupes most of the...
Looking at your post again, I follow it this time. The hinge for the earlier pointed pin is still there too. A conventional pin was replaced by...
It appears that before it was as it is now, it was a more conventional sharp-pointed pin type of brooch. The C clasp for that pin is still there....
Komo is right, very common in this relatively fragile material. Most of it is on the underside and it does not appear to compromise integrity of...
Some lingerie that needs to be locked in! I could so use something that way for my own jewellery, distributed all over the place.
Has to be the same maker. That one is 'Etched "P. Sarchi" signature to verso with the number 203' & sold for $750 in June '18.
Thanks. Actually, that rounded outer rim is another feature pointing to glass, if it were not so evident from the subject. You said earlier...
Not always easy to distinguish. As I have mentioned elsewhere, I have bought glass that turned out to be stone. I have also bought pieces I...
From years of evaluating cameos.
Other than the mismatch in quality, what are you seeing that leads to that conclusion? Another thing to learn. :)
Having doubts about brooch lady. If copied from a formal portrait, I don't thing the earring would defy gravity that way.
Is any part of the original clasp still there? Less than 6 inches was probably a bit short, even when it was first made. Perhaps when the clasp...
Oh! And welcome, Lolly. :) Gorgeous piece, she says enviously.
The right height to reach into when you're seated at your desk.
My very authoritative mineral guide is emphatic on the point that this stone is properly called onyx marble. True onyx is chalcedony; marble is...
What a production! What part lights up? Hard to imagine there's nothing anywhere to indicate maker. Can easily imagine it's not so easy to...
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