Was digging in my property (early 1900s ) a few years ago and recovered a medallion

[lorraine]

Was digging in my property (early 1900's ) a few years ago and recovered a medallion

Stone looks to be amber; my mother -in-law ( who lived on the property
for many years after her marriage ) had emigrated from Poland in late 1800's as a teenager, and I tend to think that she brought this medallion with her.

I've not seen one like it ever.

Just want to share it with you and ask if you agree that the stone is amber.

Here's some pics

Thanks for looking

Lorraine

 

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[MakingMemories]

Thats very cool looking, thanks for sharing your story

 

[Ant]

Can you see an insect or plant material inside the amber?

 

[mojjax]

Very Nice !

 

[masterjedi]

I have bought and sold lots of amber... sure looks like amber

 

[lorraine]

Ant, I would love to be able to recognize that in this stone; I do see specks of dark in it, but not sure what that is.

I m thinking that this amber came from the Baltic sea; I have Polish friends who say that they can just walk along the Baltic shoreline and pick the amber up as it is plentiful there.

Here's another pic that I just took ( close up) of the stone:

Can you see an insect or plant material inside the amber?

 

[bigfoot1]

a remarkable piece,I would hazzard a guess that it is early victorian and would confirm appox.time frame.I'll defer to breezy on that.What an amazing family connection for a find !!

 

[Backwoodsbob]

Could you get closer look at the back. And the front without the flash. The back of it has a pattern changes in the middle of each section

 

[sutphin]

LOOKS LIKE A VICTORIAN PEICE , VERY NICE .

 

[lorraine]

Bob, I don't know how to take a photo with my camera without the flash; for this I apologize; but I think the flash is built in and maybe cannot be dismissed at will.

Any way, here are some more photos , one showing size relative to a quarter; the pendant is hollow in the center, with the stone held in place by 4 "brackets"

I'm not sure of the metallic content, but I was thinking ( if the stone is a valuable amber) of having the pendant restored.

Could you get closer look at the back. And the front without the flash. The back of it has a pattern changes in the middle of each section

 

[xr7ator]

Put yer finger over the flash bulb! lol

 

[lorraine]

If I could find the flash bulb, I would do just that, xr7ator

The only flash bulbs I am familiar with are the ones from the old ( make that ancient) Brownie Hawkeye camera of the 1950's.

I was given one for Christmas when I was in High School, and was thrilled to receive it...but I had to keep buying supplies of the bulbs...I think they were 10 or 12 to a package , and that got expensive.

Lorraine

Put yer finger over the flash bulb! lol

 

[cw0909]

Lorraine maybe turn the auto flash mode off, or take a pic outside in daylite
nice looking piece

 

[Ant]

I think it is could be ancient pine sap/tar amber and there's a small spider trapped inside of it. The setting is designed to allow light to pass through. If your skill level is enough to move the raisers back into place that I've pointed out in blue it might help. I would use padded wooden and nylon probes to lift them up enough to get under them to pinch them flat with small padded needle nose pliers and similar tools. The red dots shows where I would start to pry up and I use the probes with the padded pliers:

 

[lorraine]

cw0909

Thanks for the suggestion; I'll do that and see what I get.

Lorraine

Lorraine maybe turn the auto flash mode off, or take a pic outside in daylite
nice looking piece

 

[ARC]

Art Deco Amber pendant...
?

 

[lorraine]

Ant, thanks for your reply

I could be wrong, but it looks to me as if those raisers are meant to be in the position that they are in; I don't think any damage was done to their shape ; they are about 1/16 inches in thickness

Unfortunately I have not the skill to doing any readjusting; I know I would destroy the raisers as I am clumsy at things like that.

There are some kind of markings on the metal that is holding the amber; they look like numbers, but could also be etchings from the instrument used to set the stone

Tried to get a close-up of the marking, but the batteries show "low" so later I will replace them and see if I can get a good pic of the markings.


I took a photo in outside light; here it is; what's in that stone?

Lorraine

 

[ARC]

IMO it is Amber... like I stated earlier.

 

[Ant]

Then you can take it to a small jeweler, even a strip mall jeweler can repair that at a low cost. The raisers that attached to the baisel are bent as well as the band and decorative beads that I have pointed out in these screen shots, I added a comparison shot too. I also added a pic of a setting designed to produce the same results or effects:
https://www.google.com/search?q=vintage+amber+brooch&client=ms-android-boost-us&hl=en-US&v=210020210&biw=320&bih=508&site=webhp&prmd=si&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAmoVChMIiaix18TbxwIVTyiICh2dOgGF&dpr=1.5