Featured Today’s little finds

Dropped into a flea market today for the first time in ages as it’s rained so no car boot sales :-(
Found this little lot- I’d love to hear any of your thoughts please
Thankyou

Old coral hand knotted necklace. 1.7m long!. It was filthy so gave it a quick bath and the silk let go so it’s now broken .

Lovely red and amber glass beads. I love beads!. Broken gold malachite cuff link and a gold safety chain. Old necklace.

Old necklace and ballerina.

Is this 50s?. Glass. Love the trumpet flowers.

Little bag and frame.

No idea what this is made of?. Any thoughts?

Garnet necklace or glass?

 

Pretty enamel safety pin type brooch.


Not sure about this bracelet. Signed with an E on the clasp that you can just see in the photo. Only one I can come up with is Eisenberg?.Broken off safety chain.

 

That coral necklace is incredible!

 

Very nice? Is the old necklace silver? Found the same ballerina a few weeks ago. Could the brooch have been a button, it doesn’t seem to sit very well in the fastening?

 

Old necklace is just base metal I just quite liked it.
Brooch could well have started life as a button and be repurposed as it’s so pretty.

 

Yep, total loss. Not to worry, I will get rid of it for you.

Great finds, K! Those coral beads look antique.
The metal necklace has some Art Nouveau. Very elegant.
The glass flower and hearts necklace is a sweetie, something for the costume joolies (while I take care of the coral for you ).
The frame could be gilt brass or pinchbeck.
The round brownish pendant looks Chinese, serpentine or jasper maybe?
The beads in the garnet necklace are slightly irregular, so I'd say garnets. Probably from India, but could be Bohemian. Either way, they are lovely.

 

Bargain I thought at £12. Would be even better if I hadn't just broken it but I suspect it was ready to go. Now I've got to restring it!.

 

Absolutely!
Yes, the string would have broken soon anyway. You can practice your knotting now. It will be worth it.

 

KSW - At least you were not wearing it at a crowded cocktail party!

 

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These are mine,mine,mine!
Lol, I made a momentary pretence as to if I was going to buy them at that price, couldn't get them in my bag quickly enough and moved on swiftly!. That was from an antiques dealer too. I must visit more often!. I must say I'm not looking forwards to 1.7m of reknotting........
Do you know about the date of the little bag or is there someone I should tag to ask?.
I only bought the Chinese pendant as I didn't know what it was made of and it was going to be the same cost as I had a handful of stuff!.

 

KSW, with the amount of goodies you buy you may want to consider getting a gem tester that tests for more than diamonds. You would know in an instant if those red beads are glass or garnet

 

That,Silverthwait,is very true. I don't look elegant grovelling round on my hands and knees. And trust me I'd stay there until I found every bead.

Dont tell my OH!. I keep looking at them just don't know which to buy. I really can't justify a really expensive one but it would be fun. I could tell OH it's an investment that would earn its keep

 

That flower necklace has a 30s clasp on it. As for the those poor corals, I'd be busily restringing them at the kitchen table tonight.

 

I think 1880s-90s, with that circular pattern. I occasionally find the pattern on 1860s silver frames here in the Netherlands, but I suspect those bags are later replacements.
The gilt brass/pinchbeck frame looks older. It is a beauty.

 

I need to buy silk. Is this the right stuff?. How do I know what size or do I have to buy several sizes and hope I get the right one? Pink ok? Use the same clasp?. Sorry so many questions!

Edit- damn photo won't load. It gets very snippy about screen shots. Back in a mo.

Here we go. Can you buy it in larger amounts or just on these little cards?

 

Good find!. I think I'm going to remove all those old pearls and give her a revamp!

 

Cool. Thankyou. No idea they were so old.

 

Very nice, love the ballerina.

 

Beautiful. I also love the ballerina.