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$10.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States HISTORY OF DEMANTOID GARNET: Demantoid is known as “the queen of the garnet family”. Though demantoid garnet has been found in Africa in very limited ... morequantities, the best demantoid is found in the Ural Mountains of Russia and is associated with gold bearing sands.
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$10.99 Shipping Condition: Pre-owned Location: Lummi Island, United States The Crusaders set Garnets into their body armor, believing the protective power of the stones would lead them to safety. Many Bohemian castles and churches ... morehad magnificent interiors decorated with garnet.
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$9.49 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Lummi Island, United States Originally found in Spessart, Bavaia, its occurrences remain very limited when contrasted with other varieties of garnet. But an increase in the iron ... morecontent makes the stone darker orange to red. It is also known as “Spessartine”, which is the word for “forest” in German.
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$8.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States It was also believed to be an effective talisman against accident and fire. It was believed that the application of topaz could actually absorb the heat ... moreof a fever. It was also used to ease the inflammations, discomfort and pain associated with arthritis.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a really nice pill / patch / snuff box made in the Vienna area of Austria around the mid 19th century. Nice oval shape with the lid smaller ... morethan the body which is a bit unusual. The main body is hand painted with an all around scene including people ,etc. one of which is the god Pan and the other Cupid.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a really nice scenic plaque painted by Richard Ablott and most likely made at Derby in the mid 19th century. The piece is superbly painted ... moreand of a nice size. The scene is of Loch Lubnaig, a small freshwater loch near Callander in the Scottish Highlands.
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Free Shipping Condition: Used Location: Toulouse-, France From 19THc, Napoleon III era, made of sterling silver ( chain ). Rare and superb large antique french rosary. and hand carved beads, composed with: 59 ... morebeads. its all hand carved cross crucifix. Weight 60 g.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb little fruit still life scenic plaque I think was made in England in the late 18th or early 19th century. The quality is very very ... morenice and the detail amazing. The fruit sit on a table or slab of wood with the background color going from a darker greenish grey color fading slowly to a lighter shade from the bottom up and from left to right.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb quality plaque made in Germany in the 19th century. Unmarked except for a number 14 but certainly of Hutschenreuther quality. holding ... moretwo roses in her hands. The plaque is in perfect condition.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a saucer made by KPM around 1825. The writing underneath states: C.v. Kleist seinem Carl Cuenzer. The saucer is just superb with rings of ... moregold trim and a pearl like design. It is in perfect condition with a teeny bit of gold wear.
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$25.58 Shipping Location: LOUTH, United Kingdom This is an early Victorian silver plated egg coddler from Mappin & Webb. The coddler is a very early version with a wonderful swan finial and the underplate ... morebears the mark for: L304 Mappin & Webb 76, 77 & 78 Oxford St. & Mansion House Buildings. City London The legs are all firm and secure and the plating is in very good unrubbed condition with only very minor contact marks. The top of the coddler bears an engraved gothic 'T' and a horse crest which I believe to be the crest of the Trotter family from Galloway. The superb quality coddler with its original egg holder stands 9 inches (22.5cm) high.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a really nice saucer made in the Vienna area of Austria around the mid to late 19th century. The center has two cherubs on a cloud. The edge ... moreand bottom foot are silver as well. The saucer is marked underneath with two hallmarks.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish RARE! Excellent Quality Genuine ... moreNatural Russian Faceted Round Green Demantoid Garnet Round Semi-Precious Gemstone. CLASSIFICATION: Round Faceted Green Demantoid Garnet. ORIGIN: Ural Mountains. Russia. Late 19th century. SIZE: Diameter: 3mm. Depth: 2mm. All measurements approximate. WEIGHT: 0.14 carats. NOTES: Upon request we can set your gemstone as a ring. Earring, or pendant(click for more information) DETAIL: The name Garnet is derived from the Latin for pomegranate. grantum" because crystals in rock reminded early aficionados of pomegranate seeds. However in ancient times garnet was also known as“carbuncle” Mankind has used garnet as ornamentation for many thousands of years. Archaeologists recently found a garnet bead necklace worn by a young man in a grave that dates back to 3000 B.C. Garnet was used in earliest pre-dynastic Ancient Egypt. Excavations in Egypt have uncovered garnet jewelry dating back to 3100 B.C. garnet being used to construct necklaces for Pharaohs. In the ancient Roman world, it was not only popular with the Romans themselves(particularly for the carving of intaglios for signet rings) but also with the Germanic(barbarian” tribes in Northern Europe bordering the Roman Empire. Garnet was also prominently featured in the magnificent cloisonné inlay jewelry found in sixth and seventh century burials in England at the Anglo-Saxon site of Sutto Hoo, and was also popular with the other peoples of ancient Britannia, including the Celts, Franks, and Normans. Here is a gorgeously colored bright green demantoid garnet semi-precious gemstone. Hand crafted by a 19th century Russian artisan. Part of an heritage renown for the production of the elaborate gemstones and jewelry of the Czars of Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian Russia, the cut is a coarse precursor to what eventually became known in the industry as a“brilliant cut” round, the contemporary finish ge
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$10.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Antique 19th Century Handcrafted ... moreGenuine Natural Faceted Three-Quarter Carat(Plus) Blood Red Ruby“Emerald” ORIGIN: Handcrafted in Russia. 19th Century. SIZE: Length: 6mm. Width: 5mm. Depth: 2mm. Measurements approximate. WEIGHT: 0.86 carats. NOTES: Upon request we can set your gemstones as a ring. Pendant, or as earrings(click for more information) DETAIL: Ruby was greatly valued in the Medieval Arab world. There are many references to ruby in ancient Arabic literature. Including a noteworthy treatise by the 11th century Arab scholar Al-Biruni. Throughout Medieval Central Asia, the Near East, and China ruby was used to ornament armor, scabbards, and harnesses of noblemen. Rubies were laid beneath the foundation of buildings to secure good fortune to the structure. In Elsewhere in Medieval Europe ruby was priced eight times higher than diamond. There ruby was worn as a talisman, as it was believed that the stone darkened when danger was near and then return to its original color when the danger was past. Ruby was also thought to be an antidote to poisoning as well, and to protect the wearer from lightening, plagues, poison, sorrow, and evil spirits. Here's a very nice quality 19th century antique hand faceted“emerald” cut ruby. The cut is also sometimes referred to as an“octagon” within the trade. Hand crafted by a 19th century Russian artisan, part of an heritage renown for the production of the elaborate gemstones and jewelry of the Czars of Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian Russia. Originally used in indigenous jewelry. This sparkling precious gemstone is transparent, eye clean, with a highly desirable deep red color, vibrant character, and wonderful fiery, brilliant red flashes. It is eye clean to casual scrutiny(and“near eye clean” to detailed scrutiny) and is transparent as opposed to lower value translucent rubies. Of course most ruby gemstones are anywhere from lightly t
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$10.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States Unable to understand the characteristic, ancient cultures attributed many mystical properties have been attributed to the various varieties of quartz ... moregemstones. It was believed that quartz possessed the ability to amplify emotions, enhance concentration and intuition, and neutralize "negative energies".
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$14.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States In ancient Greek Mythology Hyacinth was a young and beautiful young man and was loved by the God Apollo. When Hyacinth tried to catch the discus it killed ... morehim. ZIRCON HISTORY: Not to be confused with synthetic “cubic zirconium”, zircon is a natural gemstone known to mankind for thousands of years.
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$77.64 Shipping Location: DONCASTER, United Kingdom Mid-Late 19thC. Superb Anglo - Indian Carved Casket. Possibly used as a travelling Jewellery/Vanity box. Double hinged lid with concealed mirror to the ... moreinside of the lid. Lovely old mirror plate with desired foxing.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States It is very well modeled and hand painted. It is marked with the under glaze blue scepter mark underneath as shown.
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$134.58 Shipping Location: BRIDLINGTON, United Kingdom A superb fine detailed architectural French hand carved walnut panel. Ready to hang. In overall very good condition with signs of ageing, minor surface ... morewear etc. Circa 1880~1890. (UK only).
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb plate made most likely by one of the Limoges area makers around 1900. The plate has a very Art Nouveau period feel to it and looks ... moresuperb. It displays perfectly! The piece is marked with an incised mark near a hole in the foot for hanging during the firing that looks to be CN 999.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb Creamware cup and saucer most likely made in the Staffordshire region of England and certainly in the late 18th or early 19th century. ... moreIt is of very high quality - much nicer than most examples I have seen over the years being decorated with a hand painted floral design reminiscent of the King Rose design one sees on Staffordshire porcelain once in a while.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb vase made by Grainger Lee & Co Worcester around 1815. So I was corrected. The vase is just superb! Lots of details and the quality ... moreof the painting is superb. With a piece this large and important I am sure an major artist painted the piece though I am not good enough to be able to identify him/her.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States Only difference really is that it does not have his monogram mark on it. Gold trim to the edges and handle. The set is in perfect condition.
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$73.49 Shipping Condition: New without tags Location: Lummi Island, United States DETAIL: Beware! Here is a ten of eight stunning, brilliant, gorgeous, rare, natural green alexandrite gemstones from the Ural Mountains of Russia. However ... morethe Brazilian gemstones tend to have washed out colors when cut, and the African and Celanese sources produce very dark, not brightly colored gemstones.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb cup made by Althaldensleben in about 1830. Althaldensleben was started by Gottlob Nathusius in about 1814 as an earthenware factory ... morebut soon (about 1826) converted to porcelain making.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a really nice cup and saucer made made by Schlaggenwald in the early 19th century. The cup has a nice snake shaped handle that is fully gilded ... moreand more gold trim to the inside of the cup as shown.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States My favorite part however is that super fancy trim around the well edge including the green ground with the black design with colorful scrolls around the ... moreedge and a couple of little single flowers as well.
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Free Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Two Antique 19th Century Genuine ... moreNatural High Quality Blood Red Ruby Hand Cut and Faceted Rounds Gemstones. Set into High Quality Solid Sterling Silver“Rose” Style Ear Studs. ORIGIN: Gemstones Handcrafted in Russia. 19th Century. Silver Studs are of Contemporary USA Manufacture. SIZE: Diameter: 2mm. Depth: 1 1/2mm. All measurements approximate. WEIGHT: 0.10 carats(the pair) NOTE: If you would like only the gemstones. And not the settings, we can dismount the gemstones and offer you the gemstones without the settings. Just let us know, and yes, we’ll discount the price by the cost of the settings. DETAIL: Rubies were amongst the earliest gemstones traded by mankind. Since the 5th millennium B.C. From the most ancient times all the way through the medieval world, ruby was worn by the classical Mediterranean civilizations(Greeks, Romans, Persians, and the Indo-European“Celtic” peoples) as an amulet for protection from lightening, plagues, poison, sorrow, and evil spirits. The ancient populations of the Mediterranean also believed that the color of a ruby would change mirroring changes in the health of its owner, and that the color would drain from a ruby at the moment its owner died. In the classical world, rubies from Afghanistan, Ceylon, and Burma were traded in the ancient port cities of the Eastern Mediterranean(often by Phoenicians) and from there traveled throughout Europe. Here are two very nice quality 19th century antique hand faceted rubies. The gemstones were hand crafted and faceted by a 19th century Russian artisan, part of an heritage renown for the production of the elaborate gemstones and jewelry of the Czars of Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian Russia. The faceted cut is a coarse precursor to what eventually became known in the industry as a“brilliant cut” round, the contemporary finish generally given to round diamonds. Consequentially they are alive with sparkling
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$14.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States In the ancient world ruby was believed to possess magical powers, and was worn as a talisman for protection from plagues, poison, sorrow, and evil spirits. ... moreThe ruby symbolized freedom, charity, dignity and divine power, and was associated with fire and blood, implying warmth and life for mankind.
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$10.49 Shipping Condition: New other (see details) Location: Lummi Island, United States HISTORY OF DEMANTOID GARNET: Demantoid is known as “the queen of the garnet family”. Though demantoid garnet has been found in Africa in very limited ... morequantities, the best demantoid is found in the Ural Mountains of Russia and is associated with gold bearing sands.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a really superb vase most likely made by Jacob Petiti of the Paris region of France in the early 19th century. A very nice example of this ... morestyle for sure! Sort of like a cornucopia vase held up by a swan on a rectangular base.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a plate made by Schlaggenwald in the mid 19th century around 1840. Schlaggenwald was founded by Georg Paulus in 1793. The Greiners took it ... moreover around 1800 and in 1808 Lippert & Hass took it over from them.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States (For sale is a really nice lidded tankard / mug / stein for your beer next weekend :) A superb piece with its original lid made by Royal Vienna in the ... more1805. Intertwined branch handle with gilding to it.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a fun saucer set made by Doccia / Richard Ginori in the second half of the 19th century. One rarely sees these fully gilded piece! The piece ... moreis in superb condition with just a touch of wear to the gilding which is to be expected.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Lummi Island, United States One Gorgeously Colored Handcrafted Antique Genuine Natural Faceted Six and One-Third Carat Neon Red-Orange-Pink Sapphire Oval Cut Precious Gemstone from ... moreRussia. ORIGIN: 19th Century Russia. SIZE: Length: 13mm. Width: 11mm. Depth: 4 1/2mm. Measurements approximate. WEIGHT: 6.34 carats. NOTES: Upon request we can set your gemstones as a ring. Pendant, or as earrings(click for more information) DETAIL: Medieval sorcerers believed that sapphire enabled them to hear and understand the most obscure oracles. Not only did sapphire help to get in touch with astral and psychic realms. But the stone also provided protection for those who took those journeys. On the flip side, Medieval populations believed that wearing a sapphire as a talisman was an antidote to black magic and effects of evil spirits, and provided protection against sorcery. It was believed to banish evil spirits and send negative spells back to the sender. Here's a gorgeous, vibrantly colored natural red-orange-pink sapphire precious gemstone from the Southern Ural Mountains of Siberia, Russia. The gemstone was hand crafted and faceted by a 19th century Russian artisan, part of an heritage renown for the production of the elaborate gemstones and jewelry of the Czars of Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian Russia. The color is absolutely magnificent; a bright, intense, almost neon red, with pink and orange/peach undertones. The color is popularly known as“padparadsha” red, and both the intense hue and the fiery sparkle are remarkable. The color is quite exquisite, the sparkle diamond-like in intensity. Hold the gemstone between thumb and finger and roll it, and the rolling, fiery red sparkle is mesmerizing. This sparkling precious gemstone is transparent. Near eye clean to the view of the casual admirer, or“lightly to modestly blemished” to scrutiny, with a highly desirable bright red-orange-pink color, vibrant character, and dazzling sparkles of fiery, brilliant bright red flashes. It is absolutely transparent as opposed to lower value translucent
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb and very rare dinner plate made by Sevres in 1844. It is from the famous Service de Chasse Fontainebleau aka the Royal Hunt or Hunting ... moreService of King Louis Philippe of France. The animals elude to the hunting part that the Chateau was so famous for.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States The style of flowers I think are either Marcolini period or Schmierzeit. Impossible to say but not later than early 19th century! The underside is unmarked ... morelikely because it has worn off from years of use or during the firing process since it is unglazed.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a nice saucer made by Mintons of England between 1891 and 1902. The piece is decorated with a very fancy gold design around the well on a ... morelight yellow ground with a gold trim to the edge that has a raised design to it.
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$10.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States ZIRCON HISTORY: Not to be confused with synthetic “cubic zirconium”, zircon is a natural gemstone known to mankind for thousands of years. In ancient ... morehistory the first references zircon are in Hindu mythology, many thousands of years ago in a poem about the “Kalpa” tree, described as a glowing tree draped with gemstones, with leaves made of zircons.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Lummi Island, United States In the ancient world ruby was believed to possess magical powers, and was worn as a talisman for protection from plagues, poison, sorrow, and evil spirits. ... moreThe ruby symbolized freedom, charity, dignity and divine power, and was associated with fire and blood, implying warmth and life for mankind.
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Free Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Two Antique Genuine Natural Russian ... moreFaceted Bright Blue Sapphire Rounds. ORIGIN: The Ural Mountains. Russia. 19th Century. SIZE: Diameter: 2.5mm. Depth: 1½mm. All measurements approximate WEIGHT: 0.19 Carats(the pair) NOTES: Upon request we can set your gemstones as a ring. Pendant, or as earrings(click for more information) DETAIL: In the world of the ancient Mediterranean(including the Greeks. Romans, Persians, Hebrews, and the various Indo-European Celtic tribes) priests and sorcerers honored the sapphire above all other gems, believing that sapphire enabled them to interpret oracles and foretell the future. Medieval sorcerers believed that sapphire enabled them to hear and understand the most obscure oracles. Not only did sapphire help to get in touch with astral and psychic realms, but the stone also provided protection for those who took those journeys. On the flip side, Medieval populations believed that wearing a sapphire as a talisman was an antidote to black magic and effects of evil spirits, and provided protection against sorcery. It was believed to banish evil spirits and send negative spells back to the sender. Sapphires have been since ancient times one of the most highly valued of all gemstones, and references to the gemstone date back to about 800 B.C. Here are two gorgeous. Richly colored natural medium blue sapphire precious gemstones from the Ural Mountains of Russia. The faceted cut is a coarse precursor to what eventually became known in the industry as a“brilliant cut” round, the contemporary finish generally given to round diamonds. The results are two exquisite and incredibly richly colored precious gemstones with lots of fire and sparkle. They are considerably lighter than inky"midnight blue" African or Australian sapphires, more along the lines of the medium blue of sapphires from Ceylon and Burma. While the gemstones are not absolutely flawless, you ca
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a plaque made by Nymphenburg around 1850. They plaques are very rare and this one here has the perfect scene to it for this maker! It is hand ... morepainted with a scene of the Nymphenburg palace / castle with the famous swans in the front and people walking around the parks.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: East Aurora, United States Sant was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy from 1840-1904 and his original oil painting for this scene was exhibited at the Royal Academy ... morein 1856 and first engraved in 1859., printed lower-middle respectively.
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$76.49 Shipping Condition: New without tags Location: Lummi Island, United States DETAIL: Beware! Here is a ten of eight stunning, brilliant, gorgeous, rare, natural green alexandrite gemstones from the Ural Mountains of Russia. However ... morethe Brazilian gemstones tend to have washed out colors when cut, and the African and Celanese sources produce very dark, not brightly colored gemstones.
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$17.00 Shipping Location: Sparta, United States It is the type you could attach using the four holes in the back so it is tighter than the ones with just one loop. The back has four oval holes to it ... morewhich you can get the string through to attach it securely and tightly.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a superb little plate made by an unknown maker in the early to mid 19th century I would guesstimate. Their ware is often unmarked as is this ... morepiece here so that fits as does the style. The scene is of very nice quality!
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States The porcelain piece is mounted in silver with a nice design to the sides. The porcelain piece is marked underneath with the under glaze blue swords mark ... moreas shown - 1st quality and the silver is marked 900 on the bottom of the inside of the loop as shown.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States Fat-tailed sheep are a delicacy for the tail end in the Middle-Eastern world. The fur is superb and it even has teeth and the underside of the hooves. ... moreIt is in perfect condition with the old supports from the firing process still showing where they were broken off underneath the belly and neck.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States While I have seen these in books from their original period in the 18th century I have never seen a later version so I was thrilled to find it. As fancy ... morea sauce dish as I have ever seen. The piece stands on four fancy feet highlighted with puce trim and has a handle to either side.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a plate made by Schlaggenwald in the mid 19th century around 1840. Schlaggenwald was founded by Georg Paulus in the late 18th century around ... more1793. The Greiners took it over around 1800 and in 1808 Lippert & Hass took it over from them.
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$16.99 Shipping Condition: New without tags Location: Lummi Island, United States However the Brazilian gemstones tend to have washed out colors when cut, and the African and Celanese sources produce very dark, not brightly colored ... moregemstones. The alexandrite from India tends to be very low quality, with limited color change.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States For sale is a really nice oval scenic plaque made in England probably in the Staffordshire region in the early 19th century. It makes the superb central ... moredesign really pop! A stunning piece! The plaque displays perfectly but it does have three hairlines coming from the edge into the plaque.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States It is hand painted with a really nicely done scene of a semi nude lady with one breast exposed wearing a blue robe while lying on the ground reading a ... morebook that is leaning on a fallen over skull - a rendition of the penitent Magdalene after Correggio.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States It has a very nice armorial / coat of arms to the top for Count Glam Callas with the rest of the edge having a nice royal blue ground color with a bit ... moreof gilding to it. Gold trim around the well of the plate.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States It is hand painted with a superb bird scene to the front as well as the back with a bird sitting on a tree branch with its leaves in both scenes. The ... morevase has a really nice shape to it with the main body sitting on four feet that sit on a round base.
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$17.00 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Sparta, United States Not from a service I am familiar with but that makes it even more special. The plate is hand painted with a superb bird scene on a light blue ground with ... morea white center. The bird (not sure what kind it is) is sitting on a branch which has leaves and pink & white flowers to it spreading around half the plate and there is another branch with its leaves and superb large pink flower going the other way.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Superb Quality Semi-Precious ... moreDark Cognac Amber Semi-Precious Gemstone Cabochon. CLASSIFICATION: Oval Baltic"Cognac" Amber Semi-Precious Gemstone. ATTRIBUTION: 19th Century Kaliningrad. Russia. SIZE/DIMENSIONS: Length: 9mm. Width: 7mm. Depth: 3 3/4mm. All measurements approximate. WEIGHT: 0.66 carats. NOTES: Upon request we can set your gemstones as a ring. Pendant, or as earrings(click for more information) DETAIL: Stone Age peoples believed that amber contained the resting place of the spirit. Or soul, and that amber possessed supernatural properties. For this reason it was a very powerful material from which to fashion magical amulets. An enormous collection of ancient amber amulets was discovered in 1860. The amulets dated back to the 3rd millennium B.C. and were known collectively as the"Juodkrantë Treasure" Consisting of 434 pieces, all were described in the book"Stone Age Amber Adornments" published in 1882. Unfortunately the entire collection disappeared during World War II, and has never been located. Amber had great value and significance to the Assyrians, Egyptians, Etruscans, Phoenicians, Minoans, Sumerians and Greeks. During the 2nd millennium B.C. amber was in large part responsible for a network of roads built to facilitate the trade. The first trade roads archaeologists have evidence for are from the ancient Biblical/Mesopotamian city of Ur(home of Abraham) Celebrating our historical inheritance here's a beautiful. Fine grade antique gemstone quality"cognac" colored Baltic Sea amber cabochon, hand-crafted by a 19th century Russian artisan, part of an heritage renown for the production of the elaborate gemstones and jewelry of the Czars of Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian Russia. Throughout medieval and Renaissance Europe, in fact even going back in time to the ancient Mediterranean world, amber gemstones were widely employed in
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Free Shipping Condition: Pre-owned Location: Lummi Island, United States HISTORY OF DEMANTOID GARNET: Demantoid is known as “the queen of the garnet family”. Though demantoid garnet has been found in Africa in very limited ... morequantities, the best demantoid is found in the Ural Mountains of Russia and is associated with gold bearing sands.
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$87.23 Shipping Location: TRANENT, United Kingdom Superb late 19thC or early 20thC Japanese Satsuma pottery tea set decorated with the ever popular Thousand Faces or Immortal pattern depicting a dragon ... moreand the Japanese immortals. This set consists of a tea pot, hot water pot or milk jug and lidded sucrier.
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$11.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States ZIRCON HISTORY: Not to be confused with synthetic “cubic zirconium”, zircon is a natural gemstone known to mankind for thousands of years. In ancient ... morehistory the first references zircon are in Hindu mythology, many thousands of years ago in a poem about the “Kalpa” tree, described as a glowing tree draped with gemstones, with leaves made of zircons.
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