Featured Finds Thread

I’ve never seen them before either, these were also in the bag and I’ve not seen these before either, little holes like a netsuke would have and inscriptions inside them.

 

I've seen lithopane porcelain cups before, but never this! How cool!

 

Sake cup,usually R to X rated example.............. https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-sake-cup-beauty-set-box-15595558

 

who would enjoy drinking their sake....with mom looking at them..?


Nice find !!!

 

Nothing but jewelry over here (again): Brooch, enamel & gold washed sterling

Bracelet of uniquely shaped pearls strung on silver. No marks of any kind but I did chemically test it. Lovely heavy thing.

This ring stamped 925, opalite?

Base metal, no manufacturing marks but the details on the roses won me over.

Grey pearl pendant with a little gold loop. This one I’m using as suggested before to “gussy up” one of my cameos for evening wear. @Bronwen

This little silver ring with what I think may be an amethyst.

Another tiny ring, this one is a lower grade of silver and the middle design is not enamel but I’m unsure of what it could be.

10k lavalier, tiny pearl and purple stone. The piece hanging on the bottom is MOP I believe. It’s rather flat.

This stone my girls found in a parking lot. I don’t think it’s glass, probably something lab created.


This one is my favorite. Garnets & silver, the back is just as worked as the front. I may post this one separately if I get stumped on the marks. It’s incredibly similar to a pendant I bought from the same seller but the pendants marks are incredibly difficult to see.

 

Oh yes, and this cameo. Haven’t tested yet but I think the frame may be gold. I think it’s pen on the features of the carving. This will be interesting to try to clean.

 

Looks like there are bubbles in the "citrine",but maybe reflections.

 

I don’t think it’s citrine. It doesn’t have any visible scratches which is why I didn’t think it would be glass or plastic.

I have a good microscope I’m planning to put it under but I really need to invest in a gem tester. The one I have only registers diamond.

 

Got a little pile of 14k at a mall today, $138.75 for all.

 

I like all the rings !!!
The Pats helmet.............too cute !!!

 

Someone was asleep at the switch, and Anund switched their lights out! Score! Even if that is a Pats helmet; they're kinda wait'll next year these days. I like the ring with the channel-set sapphires.

 

Very hard to find, but today they came with a pair.
Big Bertha shell cases.
78 cm high.

 

Added a Fenton frog to my small Fenton collection Happy Happy Happy!

 

An excellent use for it. Should look very classy.

It looks more like pencil or a scrape from a piece of silver jewellery. Not too dark so you may be able to get it off/out. If it is ink...good luck. I would try dry methods before wet.

 

I do love evening bags. The woman selling this said it had been her grandmother's. Never used, probably late 50s/early 60s and going in the Hoard. A whole two quid.

 

Ha...mom had one like that with those tube beads...... in the 60's !!

 

I would think 1960s too given chain design and length. I always admire beaded bags. That much delicate handwork should be appreciated.

Debora

 

I suspect this one was made in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong. Many were and they're lovely. I've beaded tops from the same time period.

 

I'd think Hong Kong too. (Especially by the 1960s.)

Debora

 

You called? Haha heehee.