Featured Finds Thread

Last pic. Blue ring in sunlight off my finger.

I will post this on the jewelry board.

 

Phoenix in the bone pendant.

 

Thank you!

 

Here are some recent finds.
Blenko ruffled vase




A pretty cabinet plate


1930s double heart ring box


Taxco sterling braided collar


7.5mm akoya pearl studs....very lustrous, which doesn't show well in the photo


Sterling cuff by Elaine Tahe, Navajo


And saving the best for last.
I finally found a decent sapphire in a pawn shop. 14k, great color and cut. Weighs 4g.
Has one tiny inclusion and a bit of zoning which confirms sapphire for me.
I bargained down to scrap price.

 

If you had said you paid the $165 for just this one I would have still said it was a good deal! What a sparkler! I do find gold on the cheap sometimes but it is mostly modern boring stuff with no particular character to it. Did find a nice coral ring a couple months ago at a thrift but it was $85

 

That heart box is simply wonderful.

 

It's so perfect and clean inside!
I added some old cut diamonds for authenticity

 

That Blenko is pretty funky !!!

the cuff is nice as well as the ring also !!

 

That Blenko vase is just yummy, ain't it?
Me and that sapphire were meant to be!

 

Beautiful findings.

 

That sapphire ring was a score. Montana? The double ring box deserves rings.

 

Yes, natural sapphires flouresce under a black light, but usually orangey red to red.
Spinels also fluoresce, but the effect is usually not as strong as with sapphires.

 

Beautiful sapphire, perfect color. I love the pearl stud earrings. The color of that vase is sublime.

 

A couple of Fenton pieces for my collection:

Lavender Basket Weave Bowl - pre logo



Opalescent Christmas Bell

 

Olive Commons developed Platinum Palm Ware, a technique where platinum was fused onto china in original Palm, Moss, Sky and Sea motifs. Platinum Palm Ware was awarded a medal at the 1939 New York World's Fair.

 

nice chair Davey !!!
the mugs too !!!

 

I like those ladies. I'd have that chair in my bedroom too. It's pretty.

 

Very nice Davey.