If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
Posted 2 years ago
SortingLooms
(29 items)
Mom passed over to the other side in 2001 and I wasn't ready until now to go through about 12 large tubs she left for me. I'm at number 3, well actually 2 and 1/2. I'm finding all kinds of coolio neat stuff, like this this Clear Crystal, Gold and what I thought was Black Glass, turns out to be very dark Blue. This needs to go to the Jeweler for cleaning and I am curious to find out about the Blue Stones. Could it be Cobalt or Saphire? I really hadn't noticed they were Blue until I had it next to an Onyx and Gold Necklace. It is strung with a fine silver chain that can be seen through the crystals. This Necklace is beautiful as each Crystal reflects the light like a prism and the blue color is really striking.
Fine Jewelry NecklacesNecklaces are among the oldest forms of fine jewelry, in no small part beca…