After magnifying it, I think it is ivory. With Celluloid the appearance of growth lines is very regular, long, unbroken lines running parallel to...
The one that looks it probably is ivory. I'll be curious to learn more about the ring at about 10 o'clock from there, with the inlay or channel...
What is the sailboat brooch like in the hand? In appearance the material looks an awful lot like ivory, but some chance it's Celluloid. Is it...
I see enough browning in crevices to include Vulcanite in the running. Have I mentioned lately that I hate black stuff!
The grain wreathing her head identifies the lava lady as Ceres/Demeter. The locket is molded & assembled. There were various jet simulants....
My grandmother had many pairs of similarly constructed clip ons, clusters of beads.
I learn a lot from photos of the backs of pieces, how they are constructed. Base metal work tends to be 'clunky' to my eye, more metal than...
Not for the first & not for the last time: I hate black stuff! When it comes to photographing & to trying to figure out what something is with...
Herkimer diamonds are distinctive for their double termination, a point on each end. May just be my lack of exhaustive experience, but all the...
The letters I, J & Y sort of shuffle around, depending on the language. Think of all the words that start with yod in Hebrew that start with J in...
When you look at alphabetized lists from that period, words starting with I & those starting with J are ordered as if they all started with the...
They are definitely the most elaborate settings I have in my collection.
You have one pair of metal earrings that could have been inspired by a pair I have. Mine are actual shark teeth. :D
Agree. Think s would have been used as the single letter abbreviation if that was meant.
I actually have the link for that blog in my notes on the topic. It was cool to get a message from someone at Sainte-Nectaire correcting my...
I see Teri L. friend
Nice one, haven't seen Herk in dripstone before. And great photos. Hope you don't mind that I have copied them into my file on dripstone pieces....
Johnny popped in ahead of me, but I concur. Think it's just tarnish. Jewellery incorporating quartz crystals was big 1980s/90s in the artisan...
They're like labels. Looks to me like the 3 written in white say the same thing.
All three stones could be tourmaline. Have seen this method of securing the stones a rubover setting, although think I spot little tines.
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