Definitely shell and definitely old. How old and from where? No idea.
Hand-painted Royal Worcester on the other hand...whee, but Noritake just doesn't get much respect.
It would have to be rewired, which might actually devalue it. The original cord was probably cloth-wrapped with rubber, and couldn't be sold with...
Black Hawiian coral does turn up, but I don't think it's harvested any more.
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Where I am, you're lucky to sell them at any price. A local dealer who buys from me won't even look at the ones from Japan. They don't sell here.
And now we have even more coral to look for.
Ammonite/ammolite: Fossilized shell if memory serves.
Non-magnetic doesn't mean it's silver; it just means it's made of non-magnetic metal. It doesn't look like silver to me.
It's agreed; Luna is a cat with very good taste.
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