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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 2791890, member: 29"]Absolutely Ruskin cabochon to my eye. I think pewter not silver: they often are, and that does look it to me. Hammered pewter was a Thing.</p><p><br /></p><p>The odd looking beads are called something like sugar cake, my brain is gone. The back actually looks silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your nice lady is late 19th/early 20th and yes, very Gainsborough. She's a famous portrait, don't ask me who.Have a look under a loupe, see if there's dots. I suspect printed on porcelain. </p><p><br /></p><p>Filigree with the stone might be Czech, but I think more likely just post WW2 West German.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cat one looks like a maker called JJ. 1980s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 2791890, member: 29"]Absolutely Ruskin cabochon to my eye. I think pewter not silver: they often are, and that does look it to me. Hammered pewter was a Thing. The odd looking beads are called something like sugar cake, my brain is gone. The back actually looks silver. Your nice lady is late 19th/early 20th and yes, very Gainsborough. She's a famous portrait, don't ask me who.Have a look under a loupe, see if there's dots. I suspect printed on porcelain. Filigree with the stone might be Czech, but I think more likely just post WW2 West German. Cat one looks like a maker called JJ. 1980s.[/QUOTE]
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