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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 696465, member: 2844&quot;]It is antique, looks like gilt copper. The stones are Tibetan turquoise, coral and what looks like low grade rubies. There could be some glass in there as well, in fact the coral could be glass. It is difficult to say without more closeup photos, which you probably don&#039;t have.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was actually made by a Newari artisan in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal, but many of these ended up in neighbouring countries like Tibet.</p><p>It could have been presented to a European traveler because it represented value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t read the name of the British explorer, so I don&#039;t know if he was famous in some way.</p><p>The Brits were relatively late on the Tibetan scene, other Europeans had already been travelling to Tibet since the 12th century. So a ca 1900 British explorer was not something to get excited about, only if he was famous in some other way.</p><p><br /></p><p>How big is it, and what is the asking price? If it is reasonable, I would personally buy it, I love this style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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