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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9856946, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Finally got my jewelry fix today! It was a massive vide grenier about an hour away, we ended up getting out of the house at 10:30am and not getting back until almost 6pm. Not pictured here is a 925 and enamel koi fish ring and an 18k gold chain I snagged from a stash of costume for 1 euro. All of these below and the fish came from one jewelry dealer, for the princely sum of 25 euros. A splurge I know! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">First up, the birdy:</p> <p style="text-align: center">950 silver, inlaid with stones and mop. More nicely done than this photo suggests! Tiny scrape on one of the mop feathers but otherwise fine. Google lens says hummingbird, with various sources saying Peru, Zuni, or Mexico. Can we tell which one it is? Peru's examples look the most similar to me.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]493884[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Please note the stones aren't cracked, don't know why it looks that way in the photos!</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]493885[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]493886[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">This ring is AWESOME. Pulled it out of their costume box, but tests as silver. I think the dealer goes through so much jewelry that if its not marked its home is the costume box. Unsure about the stones on this one.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]493887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493889[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">And my piece(s) de resistance, an Art Deco (?) demi parure (?) of earrings and pendant. Marked 925, but it looks wierd. The front is gilt. The red stones test as rubies definitely, the rest are more ambiguous. Google lens says Turkish?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]493890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493896[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">STONIES/GEMSTERS look below:</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I was able to really get my new gem tester out and about on all the stones. I've tried to do some research but I have zero gem knowledge. So far:</p> <p style="text-align: center">Demi Parure: Rubies, emeralds or tourmaline, Maxixe-type beryl or tanzenite, and I guess quartz?</p> <p style="text-align: center">Ring: Possibly garnet? No idea on the other two.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Pendant: Lapis, MOP, ??</p> <p style="text-align: center">Its been a very long day (hot hot and sun and walking on 2.5 hours sleep) and all these would need resizing to post here, so please forgive me posting these as a <a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VQ6R89Bftd2rWtDX1QohU_-Csv8ZpV3o?usp=sharing" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VQ6R89Bftd2rWtDX1QohU_-Csv8ZpV3o?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow">google drive folder</a> link. For those who don't usually like links, its one of my private folders and isnt hosted on any sort of website.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Thank you all for your help! I'm super interested to know more about these pieces and the gems/stones particularly. After the 17th century box finds I'm really interested in rocks! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9856946, member: 15376"][CENTER]Finally got my jewelry fix today! It was a massive vide grenier about an hour away, we ended up getting out of the house at 10:30am and not getting back until almost 6pm. Not pictured here is a 925 and enamel koi fish ring and an 18k gold chain I snagged from a stash of costume for 1 euro. All of these below and the fish came from one jewelry dealer, for the princely sum of 25 euros. A splurge I know! :hilarious: First up, the birdy: 950 silver, inlaid with stones and mop. More nicely done than this photo suggests! Tiny scrape on one of the mop feathers but otherwise fine. Google lens says hummingbird, with various sources saying Peru, Zuni, or Mexico. Can we tell which one it is? Peru's examples look the most similar to me. [ATTACH=full]493884[/ATTACH] Please note the stones aren't cracked, don't know why it looks that way in the photos! [ATTACH=full]493885[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]493886[/ATTACH] This ring is AWESOME. Pulled it out of their costume box, but tests as silver. I think the dealer goes through so much jewelry that if its not marked its home is the costume box. Unsure about the stones on this one. [ATTACH=full]493887[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493888[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493889[/ATTACH] And my piece(s) de resistance, an Art Deco (?) demi parure (?) of earrings and pendant. Marked 925, but it looks wierd. The front is gilt. The red stones test as rubies definitely, the rest are more ambiguous. Google lens says Turkish? [ATTACH=full]493890[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493894[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493895[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]493896[/ATTACH] STONIES/GEMSTERS look below: I was able to really get my new gem tester out and about on all the stones. I've tried to do some research but I have zero gem knowledge. So far: Demi Parure: Rubies, emeralds or tourmaline, Maxixe-type beryl or tanzenite, and I guess quartz? Ring: Possibly garnet? No idea on the other two. Pendant: Lapis, MOP, ?? Its been a very long day (hot hot and sun and walking on 2.5 hours sleep) and all these would need resizing to post here, so please forgive me posting these as a [URL='https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VQ6R89Bftd2rWtDX1QohU_-Csv8ZpV3o?usp=sharing']google drive folder[/URL] link. For those who don't usually like links, its one of my private folders and isnt hosted on any sort of website. Thank you all for your help! I'm super interested to know more about these pieces and the gems/stones particularly. After the 17th century box finds I'm really interested in rocks! :hilarious:[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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