Featured This weeks finds and some mysteries

So, these are some of the things I found this week.
-There is a tiny Saint Esprit pendant! it came from Spain and only cost 35€ including shipping.
I was on the lookout for one of these for a small price forever, so I m happy with my find, although its tiny and modest
Can anyone help with the marks? i see the 'tete de sanglier' (France from 1838) and the lozenge has a letter 'M' as first letter inside.
Thats as far as my wisdom goes.

-The Camphor glass came from Italy, I bought it from someone who didn't know what it was.
I didn't pay much for it.
Its 14 carat gold and there is also a tiny diamond in the middle.
Does anyone know the brand 'Caco'?

-The ring is a big mystery to me. I bought it because it intrigued me. Didn't pay much, again.
Middle 'stone' is glass and the surrounded stones are table cut garnets.

-The white metal chain with the 1€ price tag was today's find! 750 white gold, made in Italy.
No mystery there. Could be brand new but I can't complain for that price

-The heron pendant is also a mystery to me. Could be 'Wajang/wajong?'
could be turn of the century Art-Nouveau ish...I m not sure.
It came from Belgium and again, cheap!
Any info is appreciated!

 

These are the best pictures of the Saint Esprit's marks I could take

 

That is so sweet.
Unfortunately there is not enough information on French maker's marks. It is bound to be a Normandy maker, but you already knew that.

Around that period, could even be a little older.
Why Wajang?

 

Ooh! The camphor glass!!! All nice finds!

 

AJ thanks for the comments.
the heron had a bit of an Indonesian feel to me. The carving didn't struck me as European. Thats why I thought maybe Wajang.

I think the ring could be Afgan Tribal maybe?
Happy with my finds!

Not every week is a good week for jewelry! Sometimes I find nothing, or just 'brol': crap

 

Stracci, I know, right! We don't often find these here in Europe

 

Wajang/Wayang is a puppet theatre.

Carvings like this one could have been made in East Asia, but they could also be European Orientalism, based on Japanese art.

Garnets are not a typical Afghan stone, and the style doesn't strike me as Afghan either.
I think it is one of those generic ethnic styles which can be found in parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The use of garnets makes me think European ethnic.

 

AJ yes, those intrinsically carved puppets that work with shadow and light
They are beautiful.
My heron reminded me of those.

I was joking about wajong.
For our friends from other countries:
Wajong is something different and typical for the the Netherlands I presume.
I think we call it 'dop' or 'leefgeld' or benefits/wellfare.

I was secretly hoping the ring could be older than dirt when I bought it.
Ah well, can't win them all.
Maybe I can find me a medieval treasure next week

 

Yes, that is Wayang Kulit. Kulit means skin, the Wayang Kulit puppets are carved from buffalo rawhide.

Wajong is disability benefit for people who were chronically ill/handicapped before they reached adulthood. It is different from welfare for non-disabled people, which is called Bijstand.

It has age, but it isn't older than dirt. You can tell from the construction that it is post-1800. I think it is post-1900, but have no proof.

 

You never know.

 

All I know is camphor glass.. The heron looks like tortoise shell from here. When I find it, it's generally from the Dominican Republic or elsewhere in the Caribbean.

 

Evelyb, thank you!
Yes, its one of my favorites too!
It had been for sale online for 3 months when I bought it.
It was listed as 14 carat gold and moonstone.
Which would also have been sweet

I payed gold price for the chain alone for it, shipment from Venice included

 

Interesting to see a piece come from Venice. Most of the camphor pieces I see were made in USA. The design traveled though.

 

I was wondering, since camphor glass was made as an affordable alternative to rock crystal, and your pendant is 14k gold with a wee diamond, if the glass is actually rock crystal?
Camphor glass was also set in 14k gold sometimes, but there is a small chance.
Cartier and the other big Paris names made these with rock crystal. Not saying yours is Cartier, it would have been marked as such, but could it be a more 'fancy' pendant? Did you check?

Either way it is a stunner of course, and a real bargain.

 

Omg AJ, you made me test it, and indeed, its harder than glass, so Crystal it is!
I would never have thought about that... thanks for the tip!
Another treasure arrived today... I m almost too shy to show it here...starts to feel like bragging

 

Ah well...I m just enthousiastic. Here it comes:
Silver and (I think) lapis lazuli edwardian lavaliere pendant. The box might maybe be even original to it and came as a surprise to me!
I really cant make out any of these marks...again
(And yet another lavaliere might be on its way to me as we speak...) bought them all for cheap as chips (less than 35€ shipping included)
These young clueless people keep throwing away their heirlooms to my face!

 

Graag gedaan!
You can also check it for irisation, if you move it about in the right light. Not all rock crystal has it, and it also depends on the way it is cut if you can see it, but it is nice if it shows.

 

Yay!!! Another beauty!

There is probably more detail when you clean the marks.

And you have your butterfly net at the ready to catch them.

 

The lavaliere might be lapis and sodalite together.

 

AJ oh wow, never heard of that irisation in rock crystal before...i will have to wait a season or two till ever the Sun decides to shine again now

evelyb: right! i was already wondering about the difference in appearance between the drop and the 'body'. Thanks for the input!