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To begin with I found nothing but old Christmas decorations, ancient toiletries and baby toys. Just when I was thinking my searches were in vain I found these bits.
Any thoughts very welcome

Fatima pendant, Francis of Assisi Tau cross, nice enamel cross.

Reverse of Fatima pendant


No idea what these are yet, amber or Bakelite or something else.

At £1 each, how quickly do you think I got these off the table

Lapis or something trying to be lapis and a Greek necklace.

Silver & Citrine Scottish brooch

Victorian? Replacement pin and no hallmark I’ve found yet.

Jade pendant

 

Any ideas of the stones? Green turquoise? Clueless about the yellow stone.


Find of the day 18k, pearls and sapphires.
For only…

Not sure about this necklace. Real Pearl and tests as gold but odd marks. I know SP is on some Avon products but this is really tiny and not like the ones I have seen. All I can see on the ring is a T and something else in a different font.

 

Looks like a 9-carat mark to me. The green opaque stone looks like dyed howlite or some such. The orange agate looks like orange agate unless it's too light for agate. The lapis looks dyed within an inch of its life, but if it's not....wheee.

And that 18k ring...got your money's worth there!

 

Thankyou. Mystery marks are so frustrating but I console myself that if they were clear and obvious the seller would have picked up on them.

I suspect it is. Do I try a bit of acetone on a cotton bud?

I know! I couldn’t believe my luck.
It defies my first comment though as it is very clearly marked.

 

YA DONE GUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!​

 

I've never tried to take the dye off of lapis, so I've no idea what would happen.
As for the ring, maybe they thought it was 18kHGE or similar.

 

I don’t think they looked or if they did they were looking for a full uk type hallmark.
It’s stamped K18 which I thought was the Japanese way round unless I’m mistaken and 0.10. I had a look at their website and it’s all gold stuff. I’ll take it to the jewellers to check.

 

Beautiful. Vintage Christmas makes my heart go pitter-pat.

 

Mustard seeds in the Fatima pendant?

 

I've picked up the odd thing marked K18 which has been gold. Hadn't twigged it was a Japanese mark.

 

Could be! I’ve seen a few say soil but I’ve never seen soil in granules like that so mustard seeds could be right.

 

I hope I’m not leading you astray but that was what my research led me to believe.

 

I think it's soil from the Holy Land. Mustard seeds would be smaller and all the same shape and size.

 

These Christmas decorations would have made your heart go pitter-patter but probably not in a good way!

 

Soil from Fátima? Fátima is in Portugal. It could have been soil from around this tree, the 'Tree of Apparition':


The Virgin Mary stood on one of the branches of the tree when she appeared to these three shepherd children:

 

Interesting photo. They look so blank and joyless bless them.

 

They were exploited and even vilified by just about everyone who came to meet them. They also did physical penance, much too extreme for children. The two children on the right died in childhood, poor things.

 

That’s so sad. Man’s inhumanity to man is heartbreaking sometimes.

 

The surviving girl became a nun. If nothing else, being cloistered protected her later on.

 

Love the crosses, especially the enamel one. That's a good bit of coral there too. It looks like there's a C in front of that T. Can't make out the number. Good buys, especially the ring!