Unfortuanately, I am one of those people who can't tell their left from their right. It causes no end of problems. The new one is on the right....
It was easier to find them in the UK. Never see them here. Some people had no imagination when making them and others could be really good...
We shall be visiting our daughter in Nottingham when it is safe to travel. I can post from there and have returned to her address, if that is OK...
I used to collect these brooches, Ruskin set etc; I just kept these and sold all the rest about 10 years ago.[IMG]
I don't know about anyone else, but when experts are talking about antique brooches or fabulous brooches on the Antiques Roadshow, I am screaming...
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The one at the bottom tests a silver, paste stone. Bought in France. The one top left, bought in Scotland. I am leaning towards Germany or...
I was on a cruise on the upper Nile on King Farouks old paddle steamer. We did not book up on that, but we were transferred onto it. It was...
Thanks I may take you up on that. I am in France. I think the clasp is low grade silver.
It makes a lot of difference to the look of it. Fantastic buy at 20 euros.
I can't photograph it, but when my partner recovers from picking all the bits up I will. At least the furniture got swept under at long last. You...
Wow, thank you.
PS I know I have spelled turquoise incorrectly.
Thanks. I paid scrap gold price at the time, but that was paying the same price for the stones. Now a good buy. I was suprised how many people...
My partner is busy sweeping it all up. It snapped and scattered all over. It's all part of life's rich tapestry.
Some nice necklaces there. The person I bought the middle one from had a photo of their aunt wearing it about 1910. Alas, they would'nt give me...
I did not buy it in an exhibition. In a shop on the upper Nile. I also tested the metal in few places when I got home and it tested for 18ct.
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