old magnify glass.. 1800s

[ink-a-alot]

This was my great great great grand mothers. it has a pearl on the handle, but i dont think the dimands are real..could anyone give me some more info on this i would be grateful...

 

[savant365]

Re: old magnify glass

Way cool

 

[lostcauses]

Re: old magnify glass

rhinestone fax pearl, I would say the 60s.. Can not think of the other name for this at the moment.

 

[warsawdaddy]

Re: old magnify glass

Real nice.I have one,or rather I gave to the daughter to keep,that was used by a family ancester in 1790.It even still has the original hide case,laced with 'gut'.It has a much thinner wire frame and the glass looks hand cut and thick.He was a tax writer and rode the hills of Virginia.The handle is twisted like yours except,as I said,much thinner and no stones.

 

[BioProfessor]

Re: old magnify glass

When you find something like this with stones you think might be diamonds, there is one thing to look for that may give you a quick answer. When faceted diamonds are mounted in a "prong-type" setting, there will ALWAYS be an opening in the bottom. In order for the diamond to sparkle the way it "should," the light has to have a path below the girdle. Just a "quick and dirty" way to make an educated decision.

Daryl

 

[ink-a-alot]

Re: old magnify glass

When you find something like this with stones you think might be diamonds, there is one thing to look for that may give you a quick answer. When faceted diamonds are mounted in a "prong-type" setting, there will ALWAYS be an opening in the bottom. In order for the diamond to sparkle the way it "should," the light has to have a path below the girdle. Just a "quick and dirty" way to make an educated decision.

Daryl

your right! duzz that mean they are real??

 

[BioProfessor]

If they are open on the bottom, it means they COULD be real and are worth the time to have them tested. It's a simple test and any good jeweler or Pawn shop can do it. They just touch it with a "pen" and it registers as a diamond or not. Determining if they are diamonds is really easier the OTHER way when they DON'T have an opening and ARE NOT diamonds (repousse excluded).

Since diamonds are the hardest substance we have in Jewelry, sometimes you can look at the stones under a good 10x loupe and search for scratches or chips in the facet edges. Only another diamond can scratch a diamond and if the stones have scratches or chips, then it is another white stone - sapphire maybe - but is still worth a look see.

If they are open, take it in!

Daryl

 

[zztop357]

This may have fresh water pearls and white sapphires in it.It looks similar to one my great-grand mother had. She treated it like it was made of gold!!!
Glasses and eye pieces were expensive and cost a week or a months wages. The antique value should be worth something too.
Good luck and HH. zztop

 

[ink-a-alot]

This may have fresh water pearls and white sapphires in it.It looks similar to one my great-grand mother had. She treated it like it was made of gold!!!
Glasses and eye pieces were expensive and cost a week or a months wages. The antique value should be worth something too.
Good luck and HH. zztop

I would never sale it, but how much you recon it's worth??

 

[lostcauses]

Look at the prongs holding the stones. They are flat metal. This is costume jewelry, not sapphires etc.

The pearls are fax, or fake. It even appears to be damaged with the bezel holding the lens. The lens might clean up, look for scratches, etc...

As this is the internet, You do not need to take my word or any one else: Best advice is:
take it to a jeweler. and if you are concerned about the jeweler: do not let them take any thing to the back room etc..

 

[BioProfessor]

Also be VERY careful about a jeweler or pawn shop person who says it's fake and offers to buy it for a bit of change.

Daryl

 

[Bluezman]

Oh wow that is neat is it called a maniacal? It may be real! Like the man version Teddie Roosevelt used?

That would be a "monocle".