Costume Jewellery

Lots of costume jewellery, anything of interest.

 

nice photography..........

 

the brooch with the sailboat looks interesting, in the 2nd to last photo - can you take some front and back photos of that?
the blue pendant in the 2nd photo from the top, looks to have a top/hanger thing on it?

 

I like the blue poseidon-like pendant - enamel?

If the sailboat brooch is pietra dura (micro mosaic) that's a keeper - but it doesn't look quite that old (or sterling)

You should look up dating jewelry site - they can help you tell how old things are by the "findings" or fasteners/hardware. There are many.

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Run your front tooth over any pearl. If it feels gritty - it is real/cultured. If smooth, then coated glass, plastic or something else.

Agree with the sailboat pin - need more pictures.
The cameo is newer, but may be set in silver.

Possible perfume


Possibly silver, I always do well with cats


Possibly real opal, check for gold content, if so then check for diamond.
Might also be foiled back costume - too small to tell.


If this is a mirror - 1960's purse lipstick holder.

 

I agree, very small, but it looks like costume to me.
Definitely worth looking for marks, also on the ones cluttered identified as possible silver. Those look like silver to me too.

The chokers with the leather straps and long bone beads ('hairpipes') are Native American inspired.

 

thankyou. will do that

 

wil do that later today. cheers

 

no cat and others not silver , and no marks on anything.

 

sorry its a ring not a mirror.

 

The sailboat is (silk?) embroidery.

 

thankyou

 

Any marks? Would it be possible to see the back?

That sailboat pin is interesting.
Looking at the way the back is constructed, maybe 1940s-60s - just a guess on my part though.

 

That might well have been done from a kit.

 

Then what is this?

 

Look like artificial 'stones', similar to 'dragon's breath' to me.

 

Agree. Mid-20th century.

 

He is fun, although a mix of water-related symbols. He looks like a merman or triton. The trident of course belongs to Poseidon/Neptune. Pouring water out of a big jar like that is something you see in personifications of rivers, such as the Tiber.

 

a cat lol , sorry i meant to say cat and others not silver

 

I'd wager money that the merman is from a series of astrological pendants and is meant to represent Aquarius.

Not a lot of money, but a bit.