A newbie in Jewelry forum.

WHAT A COLLECTION!!!!! NIIIIIICE!!!!!!! And WELCOME to the site!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

KYRA, your jewellery is MAGNIFICENT !! GORGEOUS !! WHAT A HOARD ..Thank You for sharing it with us .. a true feast for the eyes, Joy.

 

Aquitaine, Chhristmasjoy! You are both !
Thank you for the welcoming and support on my obsession!

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome Kyratango I thought your name looked familiar, then read your post - you show fabulous jewelry on collectors weekly.

 

Thank you!

 

Hey Cxgirl! Thank you for your welcoming and kind compliment ! Are you on CW too?

 

Yes, I go by Courtenayantiques there

 

Nice!
I'll keep my eye on you

 

I love that piece

 

Hi,
Back in the 1970s a hospital where I was working throw out tons of stuff from the old medical school. There was a large box of glass "eyes" . I found the box and sold it to a girl I knew. She was an "artist" of jewelry. She made those eyes into pins and necklaces and sold them in NYC. She said she got the idea of jewelry from years ago when two people were in love but married to others they sent paintings of one of their eyes to the other so they would know but others would not know who they were. That pin reminded me of one of her creations.
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Lover's eye art was a "thing", back when. This piece and the glass eye jewelry were modern variants. The old ones can be worth a packet when they turn up.

 

Yes, lover's eye jewellery! Mostly Georgian!
I'd love to grasp some old prosthetic eyes as you got then !

 

Evelyb, yes! Such highly priced there are fakes now... using antique mounts and put prints inside
My brooch is an antique piece, see the back:

 

DROOLING here.....gotta wipe the keyboard...THAT is GORGEOUS!!!!!

 

Aquitaine! Better drooling than crying
This eye is really quirky for the period!
Thank you for your appreciation

 

Just catching up on threads from the last 2 weeks.

You're someone after my own heart.
Bee and insect jewelry (although I probably would have passed up the centepede).
Eyes and skulls. Used to be able to pick them up very cheap back in the late 70s and 80s. Have to dig out my old box if I can find it.

And the French enamels are lovely.
Beautiful collection.
Welcome to the board.

 

WOW! impressive collection. I know nada about jewelry but i enjoyed looking at your collection on CW. I was partial to the turtle with red eyes made in germany, cool little guy.

 

Welcome...!! and thanks for sharing....

 

Kyra, I've spent a long time looking through your lovely photos....be still my heart!