Welcome, fellow Coloradoan (West Slope)!
Yeah; silver-testing can be frustrating because the chemical sold for it rapidly becomes unusable. Working with the 18k gold chemicals seems to...
They called those cushiony balls "coffee bean" 'back in the day.' I agree, Marie, it should be tested if what I'm seeing in the photo has brassy...
Thank you so much! You've confirmed several things for me, but I didn't know the fabric-backed ones could date that long ago. Here's one for...
Sorry; missed that. Sheesh.
Many thanks, Vintage Maven. I'm certainly a novice to ephemera; more of a bead and jewelry nut. But years ago, I ran a cinema and before that,...
Here are mine from the Palanng Tribe, migrated from Burma and originally first identified in southern China. .999 fine silver.
Do you have a shot of the mark on the bottom?
Am assuming this means it was a Fashion shot? If so, what's this? Sorry that my photo quality on this one is so bad, but I think it can be made...
Beautiful! Years ago, my husband found an entire truck of celebrity movie starts in Fairbanks, Alaska, that had been bought by a dealer at a show...
Sad.
Maybe the scalloped grooves inside were for serving mussels! LOL Bizarre construction.
Yay, Kyra! Anyone want to take a gamble on the fist? Okay; I can't help myself. It's a figa, or Mano Fico in Brazil, a figure that forever...
Definitely, with possibly, an aurora borealis wash.
Agreed; it looks like resin with a very slim chance of tagua nut.
Hmmm; depends on how it's used. Have used it many, many times on the inside of a perforation of "African trade amber" that's really Bakelite and...
Brava!
Thanks!
And if you decide you'd like to pass it on, please let me know?
Aw, shucks; ya made me get to researching my hunch. Rajasthan. See below. The image at the top is first are of two pieces at the top are from...
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