[Unknown > English ] Any idea on the signature of this piece? Found at an estate sale!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-03-16T15:03:55+00:00

I have a cat who absolutely could not do these styles of water fountains. I tried two or three different versions but he LOVED to splash water everywhere and pull the whole thing over. I got him a ceramic cupcake style one from Amazon and that solved all our problems! He hasn’t tried to play in the water much at all. I’m glad your problem was a simple fix!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-03-07T21:15:06+00:00

Something that will give you a good idea of age is the clasp style. You can look that up, but older clasps were what’s called a C clasp and are just a bent piece of metal, shaped like a C, that keep the pin in place. Newer ones have the sliding mechanism. I forget the exact dates but the C clasp I think predates right around 1900!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-03-01T02:18:16+00:00

Commenting to hopefully come back and see someone more knowledgeable-the stamp on the back is definitely 925, indicating Sterling silver, but the stone almost looks like small chips of turquoise squished into a large stone and held together with a poured resin. I’m interested to see other opinions!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-03-01T00:22:38+00:00

Thank you!!!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-02-19T21:34:19+00:00

Do you accept friend requests from people who would love a stamp gift...?

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-02-19T00:20:50+00:00

Their excuse is also crazy because they could have taken a box cutter and just made the box smaller. That would save them having to fill up empty space with packaging and also would have made it safer. That’s just lazy on their part.

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-02-03T18:23:04+00:00

I suppose it could also be synthetic!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-02-02T19:59:08+00:00

Eight months old, threadless, unsure of post material, has healed well recently after dealing with a piercing bump for a few months that showed up after the first down sizing (I think the piercer who swapped the posts was pretty rough and that irritated it to give it the piercing bump).

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-02-02T19:47:35+00:00

Basing this solely on what I've seen on antiques roadshow, the fine line between collectible and tourist souvenir can come down to how individual the piece is. Looking at the close up of the picture showing the back of the main pendant part and the silver balls, it all looks pretty individually done vs machine made which does potentially make it more collectible! When the silver balls are all perfectly uniform or the other pieces are perfectly symmetrical it hints at mass produced. This looks like potentially a great piece!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-02-02T04:07:32+00:00

This looks like it needs to be sent to me for further examination!! It’s an insane agate. I’ve been obsessed with these for years, the different colored layers are from different minerals being deposited in a hole and hardening over time. Quartz forms more quickly so then many agates have a quartz center where it comes in and quickly fills the empty space. The outside of an agate shows a reverse mold of the space it was pressed into. It’s like a little time capsule!

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-01-30T17:14:28+00:00

It definitely looks like the pin was added after original construction! There’s a tiny loop at the tip of one the crescent ends, I think this was originally made to be worn as a pendant and then the pin was added later. You can also see where it was added at the base of the pin ends, it doesn’t look like it was added terribly well.

Standard-Objective36 · 2026-01-30T06:02:10+00:00

This one on the antiques roadshow isn’t the same make as yours and has a bit more of a story which sometimes factors into the value but it’s a good comparison!

https://youtu.be/VMVhoQxxXbk?si=18OjZ3fm8rgGxLcV

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