Oh wow, the claw looked so smooth in the picture that I thought it was stone.
This site shows it as unidentified. It's very pretty - I love the brown stone on the right shaped like a claw....
Uh oh, toomanytocount, it seems that web address has been hijacked. If it's not too late to edit your post, you might want to post a warning to...
So glad to have folks on board that know cloisonne. I have an affinity for it, but know diddlysquat about it. Toomanytocount, I have used your...
Oh, I just know I'm going to be completely wrong, but I'll play along. From high to low... E) Vintage Devon minnows A) The C H Brannam 1903...
Someone once told me that a blue bottom indicates Chinese cloisonne, but I have no idea if that's accurate. It seems like johnny's article...
Yay! Found both items in my scrap box. .
Welcome, Terry, from NE PA (Hazleton area). .
I think this is what toomanytocount is referring to, and it was my first thought as well.......
Thank you again, SBSVC. I found several Krementz brooches with that mushroom shaped bend in the metal.
Thanks SBSVC. I'll have to see if I can find a comparable one. If I remember correctly, it was marked 12k GF but no makers mark. .
Here's another excellent site. Not QVC, but just general vintage marks....
Ugh, just looking through the marks and realize that I had (or have) two Silpada items recently that I couldn't identify. I think I may still...
I've had a couple of pieces of QVC jewelry along the way that were a dog to identify as I couldn't find the marks listed anywhere. Just came...
Oh, and there's that computer telescopy thing that I know some members here have purchased. Not very expensive - less than $30, I think....
If you didn't already know this, ihaveolditems, look for a setting on your camera that is usually represented by a little tulip. That is the...
That was going to be my next question - what kind of clasp does it have, if any? Aurora borealis beads were first introduced mid-1950's, so it's...
AB is short for aurora borealis, the iridescent finish on the beads.
I would more likely call that foiled art glass rather than dichroic. Here's examples of dichroic.... [ATTACH] Googling will tell the...
I've been on ebay since 2003, but I didn't realize they had done that. Probably because I didn't really start selling much until I had been a...
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