Featured Not shown off me finds for a bit. Beads, brooches and a bangle.

Three strings of beads. All a couple of quid each. Cleaned now, they were mucky! And a nice carved coral pendant. Modern Thai CFJ earrings, a whole quid.

 

Proper old stuff. A signed Ruskin brooch and a lovely bit of guilloche. Plastic bangle. Biggest damn Christmas tree brooch ever, it actually stands on its own. Fakey earrings, but fun.

 

Some gorgeous stuff there, obb.

 

And the quality of your photographs! It enhances every item you share with us.

Debora

 

Portrait of a jewel.

 

Lovely, all of them! But I like the coral and the guilloche brooch the most. And the first beaded necklace, very pretty. You lucky girl!

 

Stunning items.

 

The bracelet looks like what blue moon bakelite did when it was new. The Ruskin piece is pretty sweet, even if cracked.

 

Lovely! I'm especially partial to guilloche.

 

Gotta love a free standing brooch!

 

The Ruskin and guilloche are just fabulous.
Always got time for lovely glass beads! Is the carved coral hallmarked on the bail?

 

Lovely beads! The Christmas tree brooch is fabulous.

 

the 2 tone is nice..

 

Good grief, my brain is fried, I didn't reply! First off, thank you for the lovely words about the photos. I'm blushing @Debora and aj. xxx

Yes, the Ruskin has a crack, but it would have been waaaayyyy more than the not a lot I paid: finding properly marked ones is relatively unusual. The coral just says SS. So I think vermeil. I'm a sucker for those Czech glass beads.

 

Great haul! I love those first beads also. Thanks for sharing!
Leslie

 

Are those white jade beads on the first necklace?

 

Rose quartz I think, they’re a bit pinky.

 

Is there a mark on the bail of the coral rose? Gold,perhaps? Chain appears not to be.

 

It’s marked SS, which I suspect means it’s gold plated sterling silver.

 

That's what it generally is.