Log in or Sign up
Antiques Board
Home
Forums
>
Antique Forums
>
Jewelry
>
Antique hat pin...glass and opal?
>
Reply to Thread
Message:
<p>[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 3115388, member: 3974"]I was bored...I bid...I won a small lot of old jewelry at a local online auction. This hat pin was included. Its 12 inches long. And the business end is steel I think. The pretty end is non magnetic...brass and what i assume is glass -large (4cm) faceted center "stone" there are four smaller (5mm) opal like round cabochons. I thought they were probably glass till the sunlight caught them and I saw they appear to have real "fire". I did a quick gentle warm soapy water clean with a qtip and one of the cabochons came loose...here are some pics...thoughts on the "opals"? Real opals...or fauxpals?</p><p><br /></p><p>The last photo shows that after UV light is applied, the opal phosphoreces for several seconds, AFTER the light is turned off. I googled, and this does appear to be a quality of SOME natural opals...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]293977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293978[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293984[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293985[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="aaroncab, post: 3115388, member: 3974"]I was bored...I bid...I won a small lot of old jewelry at a local online auction. This hat pin was included. Its 12 inches long. And the business end is steel I think. The pretty end is non magnetic...brass and what i assume is glass -large (4cm) faceted center "stone" there are four smaller (5mm) opal like round cabochons. I thought they were probably glass till the sunlight caught them and I saw they appear to have real "fire". I did a quick gentle warm soapy water clean with a qtip and one of the cabochons came loose...here are some pics...thoughts on the "opals"? Real opals...or fauxpals? The last photo shows that after UV light is applied, the opal phosphoreces for several seconds, AFTER the light is turned off. I googled, and this does appear to be a quality of SOME natural opals... [ATTACH=full]293977[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293978[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293979[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293980[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293981[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293982[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293983[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293984[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]293985[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
Your name or email address:
Do you already have an account?
No, create an account now.
Yes, my password is:
Forgot your password?
Stay logged in
Antiques Board
Home
Forums
>
Antique Forums
>
Jewelry
>
Antique hat pin...glass and opal?
>
Home
Home
Quick Links
Search Forums
Recent Activity
Recent Posts
Forums
Forums
Quick Links
Search Forums
Recent Posts
Gallery
Gallery
Quick Links
Search Media
New Media
Members
Members
Quick Links
Notable Members
Registered Members
Current Visitors
Recent Activity
New Profile Posts
Menu
Search
Search titles only
Posted by Member:
Separate names with a comma.
Newer Than:
Search this thread only
Search this forum only
Display results as threads
Useful Searches
Recent Posts
More...