Featured Few moar stuffs...pendant ( I think) ... brooch x

(I promise,this WILL be the last from me for a bit xx)

I don't know what this is ( well quelle surprise!!)
It's very small...an inch.
It's got plate loss at the bottom,and tis a bit green in places.
Even I can see it's meant to hang from something but is there a reason why it's got so much going on in such a small space?




I have a weakness for this sort of brooch and I always seem to accumulate them!
The first one is an inch and a half.
I know it's hard to tell from pics but can anyone tell what stone they are,please?




This one is much bigger,but can't remember how big as have put it away



This is small, an inch


NO IDEA what this is made of


This could be a frame maybe? It was ( someone else's) detecting find xx
Two inches


Don't think this is jet as it's brown inside? The smaller beads are glass
It's 14 inches x





PHEW! That's all for now...thank you all <3 xxx​

 

The broken ring might be gold and elephant hair. I had one, don’t know where it is now wore it a lot in the 1980s. Here’s one from 1stDibs
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https://www.ishyantiques.co.uk/products/victorian-elephant-hair-ring?variant=34857783879

 

Oh it DOES look like that...I didn't even know that was a Thing. Many thanks Houseful <3 off to look! Thank you again! (Never would have thought of that in a million years ) xx

 

Please don't stop.
Bou, I tweaked this one, with the bumpy surface and the way it fractures I think it is 'akar bahar' from Indonesia. The slightly sloppy wrapping is also typical for akar bahar jewellery. The metal is probably low fineness gold.


Akar bahar is related to coral.
This is one of my akar bahar bracelets, you can see the slightly rough surface and the grain along the length of it.

 

First one is a little fob, which needs a vinegar bath. Nice Victorian carnelian and agate brooches. Jet is organic, so can be brown inside. Take the loo cistern lid off and scrape the bracelet gently on the inside. Black smear = jet.

 

Oh my! Never seen anything like this before! ( where DO Iget this stuff...?)

Thank you again!

( Oh AJ...I have so much stuff . I haven't even dented the stop of La Hoarditorium yet )

 

Excellent,thank you! I have a tile here, I'll give it a gentle gentle mini scrape xx
(I almost missed that, Victorian carnelian and agate...lovely things and lovely info xx )

 

Vinegar bath! That sounds great fun.

 

Yes, where?!

 

Well the logical answer is *car boots and for pennies* but there seems to be a LOT of it somehow and I don't remember gathering it all :O

 

Sorry, here’s a better example, I’ve been editing and lost the other one.

 

Am fascinated...didn't have a CLUE what it was. Pity it's broken but could be worse x

 

Needs to be an unglazed surface, honey!

 

(It is Mrs, B, it's the underneath ) xx

 

AHA!

 

I agree with AJ, no need to stop if you have more questions! Your items are enjoyable to see.

The first one in question sort of looks like some kind of charm... maybe representing some kind of oil lamp or canister? It appears (from photos, can be deceiving, though) to be plated rather than sterling, but you could check. Those pins with the stones are cool, I've never seen similar. Maybe not so much in the U.S., I see why you like them. First thought on the necklace was Jet. I wondered if maybe the rectangular panels were some kind of lacquer, and just the beads jet, but will defer to OBB on that one. (That is my favorite piece by the way.)

I think the little pendant (amber colored) is glass. Vintage at least I would think.

 

Thank you Lucille xxx

I think the collar may be jet now too...hope so! I have some panels the same which are loose too,wonder where I put them...

 

Now you've said that, the charm looks like a shisha base.

I'd agree the wee pendant is glass.

 

...just looked at shisha base and can see totally what you mean

 

With only the photo to go by, my first thought was that this is coral:



Handling it could easily change my mind, but the way the pin is affixed is something I see only in materials softer than stone.

I would call this jasper rather than agate. The difference is that it is opaque:



Very unusual to see the findings glued on, but there it is.

Black collar necklace could be a mix of materials, I see this sometimes with black stuff, but AJ is right about the brown on the inside not ruling out jet. Vulcanite type materials can gradually go brownish on the outside. If the panels are jet, seems likely beads are too, but you should check both, just in case.