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Gold pectoral with animals, Bosporan Kingdom, Northern Black Sea Region, 4th century BC

from The State Hermitage Museum

A bracelet clasp with a Medusa on an emerald cameo. Gold is treated with diamond and enamel. 18th century. Made in England.

Oh hey. I learned a bit of magic at the jewelry store that I’ve forgotten to share, please pass the blessing along.

Have you ever had a knot or tangle in a metal chain? Especially the very fine ones, it can be impossible to work them out with your fingers.

My friends, all you need is a thumbtack. In a pinch, a toothpick, needle, or any fine thin stick will do. I have never been defeated by a knot with a thumbtack in hand.

You stick the pointy end into the trickiest part of the knot and slowly just work it in. The knot loosens around it, and I’ve used this metaphor for acupuncture too because it’s the same principle to me.

But anyway, I’ve untangled chains women brought in that have been stuck multiple hellish kinks and knots for decades. It never fails to astonish them, and honestly it’s fun. Very tricky knots can take longer but it always works.

!!! This has been tangled for nearly a year, and in only half an hour with the tack it’s good as new.

Hell yeah!! Post has reached its target audience!

IT FUCKING WORKED YEAAAAAAAAAAAH THANK YOU SO MUCH

I used the back of a pin : D this had been tangled for two full years, I'm so happy I got it back :, )

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I just finished listing a bunch of new wire-wrapped crystals in my Etsy shop! Link below. I'm getting ready for a local craft show in November, so I'll be running sale online now through Samhain 💚 Use coupon code SAMHAIN24 for 20% everything! I'm working on some new items right now too, including some larger spell bottles and herbal bundles from my garden.

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Italian cameo jewellery

(source: История Моды VK)

Amethyst, emerald, quartz, and glass bead necklace, Egypt, 1000 - 500 BC

from The National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian

Ghost Earrings // Foxy Method

Amethyst necklace, 1890.

Lily of the Valley Bracelet by BotanicalBirdJewelry

brooch by rené lalique

'silver + enamelled insects in the art nouveau style were amongst butler + wilson's first revivals in the early 1970s' in rough diamonds: the butler + wilson collection - vivienne becker (1990)