Thanks. Figured it had to be something of that nature, although I don't shoot. (the better not to shoot myself in the foot)
No surprise; the dude likes old stuff in all forms. That includes turtles.
Yay! My kind of unmarked jewelry! Remunerative!
Don't I wish! All we Americans find in old privies is old...what's usually in privies. Sometimes old glass bottles and broken china too, if...
WWII Patriotic pin of some sort.
Usually a sandy bottom like that indicates Chinese manufacture, but this one is a puzzle. Seriously nice whoever did it.
Freda somebody; I agree that it's a hobbyist painter.
Wouldn't know what to do with it if I had it, but it's neat.
[MEDIA] This is an interview with a UK antiques dealer who'd probably fit in around here. I didn't know what it was either, but figured someone...
As far as I know, the Swiss Bucherer only works in 18k, 750 in European terms, unless they made some export oddballs for the British market. A lot...
THe design didn't "smell" NA to me, but when you're dealing with a one-off anything's possible. I can see a Priest wearing that easily enough.
Not NA, but the back does look sandcast.
Almost-Burberry?:p
So does grocery shopping these days. :hurting::hurting::hurting::hurting:
Nice! I can't wear animal fibers, but don't mind scoring them for family members. I can handle cashmere for a while, but wool feels like it's...
Around here the only thing from the Roman era are some burn marks and traces of post holes, the Natives not being into using stone to make buildings.
Pushing 1000 years old probably. Still holds people. Not sure I'd want the wiring though, or the job of rewiring it for modern usage.
It's a classic cocktail ring. There's a maker's mark on it somewhere. The Bucherer name is just the retailer, not who made the ring.
Looks more garnet than ruby. The stone color looks wrong, although lighting can mess things up. Can we see the hallmarks? Those would tell us 90%...
Not a prayer of those here, although I might get lucky for just that reason. No Caithness glass either. Gotta love it when gold turns up...
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