Can anyone help me with this jewelry??

[Spartcom5]

So I have these two pieces. The cat pendant stumps me, I have someone who wants to buy it for $20 but I can't find anything about it online. The mark is Ladybug 1986. It may or may not be silver, weighs 30 grams. The other piece is a Taxco piece. Marked Metales Casados? JMP. I almost think the wear and tear on it was intentional.... Very cool piece, someone offered my $5 because it was dirty and worn, but I think it may be worth more... Thoughts?

 

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[JimDon]

The air holes you see in the cat pendant are very common in Premier designs jewelry which is never silver. I am fairly certain the cat is not. The bracelet is very nice but from what I can tell it looks a little rough. If it can be cleaned to a better look then you might be able to get significantly more than $5.

 

[Spartcom5]

The bracelet is odd because if you look up metales casados it looks as if it was intended to look exactly like that....

 

[GibH]

The bracelet is odd because if you look up metales casados it looks as if it was intended to look exactly like that....

Makes sense. Translated, it means "married metals".

 

[Spartcom5]

Looks like the bracelet may have been roughed up a bit... Metales Casados JHP Sterling Copper Brass Necklace Bracelet Earrings Mexican set | eBay

 

[Metro Retro]

That drooping leopard or panther is a design that has been copied by a variety of makers, including costume makers like Florenza and others. I can't recall right now, but the original design is from one of the fine jewelry houses (Van Cleef? Cartier? not sure). I would check the inside of the bail to see if there is a silver mark.

The articulated bracelet appears as if some of the panels were brass over silver and copper over silver, but where the layers may have been stripped from perhaps over zealous cleaning.

 

[zombieraccoon]

the married metals stamps indicates the process where brass copper silver and other metals are soldered tovether to appear seamless. the JMP artists stamp is seen along with Taxco Artist TM-71. one which i dont have a name for, but would date th7e piece likely to the 1950s +/- 10 years. it could be that someone tried to remove the other metals in order to try to scrap this piece and failed. if you look at the last pic close up of the cat pendant it looks porous, like there is tiny bubbles in the metal.. variations or bubbles like thats a side effect of plating.