| Original Message: Re: scarab- Birdie, Cabs and possible telltale signs of an era or eras. |
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Birdie if that is the definition of a cab than yes, this is a cab. ;) Its so tiny tho, I always think of cabs as big. I too have bought a lot of scarabs, in turquoise, mostly from China or Japan and the thing about those is that the lines are SO deep I assume they are mass produced and the turquoiuse is so blue and consistant, I mean its costume of course but supposedly turquoise. THIS one however the etchings are so light! and the colors? And what looks like silica or mica, I just dont know. There is this sheen, actually sparkle from whatever metal or mineral is mixed in. It doesnt look like anything I've ever seen and I am not sure when they started to do carvings by machine, do you? I mean from the erosion this gem must be at least 40 years old, I would think: and hand done. Altho the egyptians did build the pyramids and no one can figure that out. lol. so maybe they knew how to mass produce scarabs. Thank u for the compliment on this piece. I guess that is one thing we all can agree on, it is unique and I think beautiful. The other odd thing about this piece is the neck is very small. 7" before the added chain. This tells me something. It was made for a time when people were tinier. (Ever go into a house on Cape Cod? You get the idea.) I cant imagine anyone producing a necklace this size today. Americans are much beefier. This was made for a very refined neck, imo. To me it belongs in a museum in a way although I would gladly wear it, I just dont have many galas coming up and I'd rather have the money. lol. Alhtough I know (when( if I sell this I will regret it. It really is the kind of piece that one could wear for a really incredible occasion. I tired to attach better photos of the scarab but bf kept kept telling me to make them smaller. After a point it lost all the detail! I'll try again.
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