| Original Message: Re: All but one are likely turquoise-Russ and Tasart |
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Wow. Who knew? This is just fascinating. There IS alot of silica in the scarab stone, that I can see. And I was thinking maybe jade but given how dark those center beads are...they are really hard but I havent done the scratch test yet. and the stone on the left LOOKS like Turquoise (that teardrop) but in it is a whole lot of other things. I will say these stones are beautifully set AND polished, it looks like someone took an awful lot of care with setting these stones, not something someone would do with junk. And then there is a the metal, half tests as silver the rest looks almost like pewter with a higher copper content but who would go through all this trouble and then use junk? (Dont answer, if this was done in the 1800;s which now I seriously doubt at least not all of it, maybe they had A LOT more time on their hands but did they even take costume jewelry seriosuly back then? I mean really, what artisan at any age in time except maybe out lifetime would have been able to put so much effort into a costume piece. Only one part (the part that holds the beads looks like the filigree could have been mass produced. The rest of it? I dont see how. All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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