Assistance with some earrings?

Unmarked - glass (or stone) beads - unknown metal.
They look like a bunch of grapes when they are hanging.
I personally think they are fairly cool, but that is the only thing I know.

 

GIMME!

You've got a couple of NA beads as well. Jade, I suspect.

 

Not sure about the NA.....but jade seems right.

 

Never even thought of them being jade. that would be nice.
Bear, what looks NA about the metal beads (I know nothing!)?

 

I think they're aventurine, possibly aventurine glass. I'm inclined to think it's the stone, but without getting them under a loupe there's no way to be sure.

 

i like them

 

I just did an image search for the stone, and I believe you are right.
Still cool though, no?

 

Those silvery ones are the same shape as many I own on Navajo necklaces, especially squash blossom ones. I wish I had the beads in my hand - I still think possibly jade. (My brain's fried: who was it who was the bead expert on the Ebay board? Got driven away.)

 

Well they look a bit like navajo......but that's were it ends....IMEO

 

Spot on Owned, those certainly look like squash blossum beads! Here are a couple of examples:

The 4th or 5th pic is a closer look at some of these beads.
http://necklaceth.net/?p=6679

https://www.etsy.com/listing/214941722/149g-vintage-navajo-sterling-silver?ref=market

--- Susan

 

I think these are nickel copies; the top is chromed brass.

 

I used to buy all my jewelry making needs here. Similar beads.

http://www.riogrande.com/Product/Sterling-Silver-Oxidized-Corrugated-Saucer-Beads/682229?Pos=54

 

The beads could also be nephrite.?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/191480540948?lpid=82&chn=ps

 

shiloh, my metal beads are far more rounded than these.

 

Messi,I guess I need better glasses

 

Nephrite is the common form of jade: those do look to be Canadian, too from the colour.

As to the backs, I've several pairs of earrings Ma bought in the 40s with those brass fitments on a silvery cap. I's not be surprised if these were NA made for the tourist trade. There well enough made.

 

I like them and find that they are quite unusual as well.

Definitely vintage, being clips and whatnot. Really pretty!

 

I only wear clips, hence my covetousness.

 

I'm thinking Mexico.

 

I'm thinking Rhode Island.