Featured Last weeks finds: some old, some gold

Here are some of the things I found these last few weeks.
The goldstone and micro mosaic cross arrived as a single earring in a single earring lot. I converted it into a pendant. (Oops, the bail is turned upside down in the picture).
Its kind of big, so I wonder if it didn't start its life as a pendant anyhow?
I love the small holy ghost pigeon!
I have always liked animals in micro mosaic.
This cross misses a few tiny chips goldstone at its feet. It doesn't bother me.
The micro mosaic brooch was a 1€ flea market find today.

The victorian silver and paste pantsy brooch was an online purchase. I think it might also have been used on a comb in the early days.
The bracelet also was a flea market find. Its 800 silver and its a pleasure to wear.
The earrings were also a today s flea market find: 2€. They are 18 carat gold and rose cut diamonds. Unfortunately, one of the earrings is broken.
Ah well, 18 carat gold and diamonds...I would gladly pay 2€ for them any day.
The 'creoles' are gold doublé.

The two art deco pendants are silver and onyx, with rock crystal for the drop pendant.
The dog lapel pin and other pendant are from the Fix brand, so gold doublé.
The other lapel pin is silver with a big topaz or citrine stone.

And last but not least: 2 old flemish earrings, turned into pendants!
Silver with gold details and some senailles, set on foil, from around 1850-1880 ish.
Those were both lucky finds: one in a flea market, the other online and both were bargains.
I keep hoping to one day find their match, and convert them back into earrings, but that might be a very difficult task.

 

Can You translate the micro mosaic brooch inscription ?
PS-Good job,nice honest diggin' !

 

bosko, it says 'La Roche'. La Roche en Ardennes is a Belgian city. Its a souvenir brooch

 

Can you take a close up of the bird in the cross? I suspect it's not mosaic but pietra dura but I need to see a close up. Either way it's a beauty!

 

Marie Forjan, thank you for your reply.
The bird itself is tiny and its hard to see, but maybe you are right. I just never considered pietra dura.

 

That’s pietra dura, and it’s a dove with olive branch.

 

Seconded. I'm a goldstone junkie but we never see pietra dura jewelry here. It does turn up, but rarely. That would have been swish-gone into my bag if I"d found it, possibly even faster than gold and rose cut diamond earrings.

 

I agree, pietra dura

 

Thanks Desert for the translation.
Pietra dura-rare here.

 

Ok, thank you everyone for educating me on the goldstone cross!
Pietra dura is such an amazing technique!
I love it even more now.
I do have one other pietra dura piece in the hoard, but its not mounted.
The cross is for me now on a close second place after the old flemish pendants, (sorry, everyone has a weak spot in their hearts, for me, its Old Flemish).

 

I’ve one old Flemish, I love it.

 

The collected knowledge of our 'Joolies' is practically supernatural.

 

Wow, what treasures you have found! Not jealous AT all……