Androgyny seems to be more the rule than the exception with these and I have had deep although friendly disagreements with another collector,...
Oh, and please show us the results of any cleaning. It can be absolutely transformative.
That is exactly how I began to go about it when I moved on to buying as a collector. I was focused on learning how to 'read' them, to recognize...
Welcome, Pica. Thanks for coming out into the light & sharing your treasures with us. Can't tell you the glow it gives me to hear that this...
I don't really see a bail, more like an attachment point for a guard chain. I believe the correct orientation is the one Ruth shows. Gravity...
Very large colorless stones with a lot of fire can be cubic zirconia.
I know the halogen lights ("halogen" for halo-generating?) in my display cabinet make diamonds twinkle like nothing else. I don't know if they...
I think original clasp would have been a simple hook.
There appears to be a date on the large coin, which would be in the Islamic calendar. This will help you work out the numbers: [ATTACH] Year is...
I'm not sure what you're asking. Is the stone in question lab created? Obviously the cut can do nothing for clarity or color issues, can cut...
I agree: artisan or skilled home craftperson, one who doesn't knot. Maybe silk bead cord rather than thread? Clasp could be vintage, salvaged...
No, a pork chop. AI at its most rudimentary:culet.
Hope you didn't buy this; it has absolutely nothing to recommend it. Not just crudely cut but also in poor condition & no older than the 1950s....
Same here.
Despite the small size for a modern hand, Zeus/Jupiter may have once been on the hand of a soldier. An observation I have made when looking at...
I rarely see conch cameos that are en habillé. I am not a lover of en habillé cameos in general, as the cameo & the stone are rarely cut to...
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I see maybe R&N on the crown?
I see painted copies of this figure used quite frequently in jewellery (because sellers often mis-ID miniatures as cameos) & home decor items,...
I have one, also a pair of earrings close enough in design to look like a matched set, with color change sapphires, lab grown stones that show...
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