The small 3 stone bezel set ring you found that said 18k plat, the plat stands for platinum which means the head or bezel that holds the stones is platinum. They do this on 18k yg rings because platinum is much more durable for holding the stones.
Exactly, in the c. 1840 , they would have used silver to set diamonds in white metal, diamonds look better in a white metal setting with yellow gold below, good detective work tracing the jeweler. I love the blue enamel work pieces too.🎉
The Austin Balsom Ring is 1941. The original owner (Edwin. S. Tanner) Was born in 1841, and he died in 1934. Austin Balsom (1869 - 1936). Note: His full name was W. Austin. Balsom.* Balsom acquired the store in 1911. Due to his death in 1936, the ring would have come from his shop, but from a different owner. From further research, Austin built up his jewelry enterprise so much that he acquired another jewelry shop. The Charle Cotterell Jewelry store, Friar Street. This shop was given to his son, Francis. A. Balsom. Balsom collapsed in his him and died that day in 1936. Further reading says that Francis was called to the RAF during WW2, Further research shows that he announced the store would be back open in '46. The store eventually declined to become a quickmart with Austin's name still on the building. The owners of the store would have been Francis. Your thing suggests that the store closed in '41-'42ish.
The 9kt bracelet is a design that still carries on today. Sometimes it's called hugs and kisses due to the X's and O's. The red stones are probably rhodolite garnets. Now days you can find that design in .925 silver, 10kt, 14kt, and higher kt gold depending on the stones used. Birthstones are the most common stones used today. I sold many of that design when I had my shop.
Hi, Alex! I believe the bracelet with the “ Ruby” stones is actually a bracelet with Rhodolite Garnets. The magenta hue gives it away. Very pretty! Be well!
I think those fish earrings are actually made from kingfisher feathers! I believe it's illegal to make those now because the Asian kingfisher was nearly wiped out in service of the jewellery trade, so you have something that's increasingly rare!
William Austin Balsom moved to Reading, Berkshire from Jersey in 1890, gained experience in the jewellery trade. Married the jewellers daughter and took over the business. I live in Reading and love it when I see local products across the world.
You found some great pieces! As someone else mentioned, the PLAT on the ring stands for platinum (stone setting) rather than plated. Also, 9k does not necessarily indicate that a piece of jewellery is antique - it is still commonly used today in jewellery in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
The oriental jewelry box brought me back to my teen years. I’m a senior now and remember the Christmas my mom got it for me. It was the biggest present I ever got. When you’re a family of 17 , this was like winning the lottery. Unfortunately , one of my nieces broke it and couldn’t be fixed. It probably wasn’t worth a lot but to me it was the best gift ever. I might check if it goes to auction.
I believe the bird with the odd neck position is not a peacock. The colour of the pin and earrings are Peacock Blue but are both Asian figures, the lovely articulating Koi fish and the Heron were often featured in art for hundreds of yrs. Hope this helps. I love a good look thru other people's old jewel boxes.
Hi alex, i live only a few miles from Southend-on-sea, aCity now a few miles up from the river Thames. You pronounce Reading as Redding, thats the English language for you! Xx
The Ambulance is one of many designs called crest ware. There are two main manufacturers, Willow like yours and Goss. They were collected as holiday mementos. I recall my mother having well over 100 of them.
My mom just gave me a dainty 18k white gold ring with 7 diamonds in it, that she bought at an auction. The appraisal papers have it appraised at overt $800. She gave me this on Mother's Day and it fits me perfectly.
I was actually on the Chusan back in the 60's! We were traveling back to the US from the Philippines. How fun that you found a figurine from that ship!!!
LOVE mixed stuff like this. My fingers are just itching to sort, ohh and ahhh over it all. Costume cheap or fancy expensive doesn't matter, this is pure fun!
The ornament from Southend on Sea is very collectable, they made hundreds of different styles . They were generally bought as gifts or mementos of where you stayed on holiday in the UK. Unsure if they were also sold abroad though. Love that tiny ring in the unusual box, you made me burst out laughing Alex when you said Reading, it's actually pronounced Redding. I know, its our weird british language. 😂😂😂
Alexander - I always shake my head and smile when you go through a jewelry haul, because you often forget to grab your loop before you start going through the jewelry. I think that is part of your ADD. It would be so much easier for you if you tried to remember to bring your loop, diamond tester, and all the rest of your tools before you start looking through your jewelry hauls. :)
My wife was born near Southend-On-Sea, being a Brit. It was a tourist spot, being at the end of the Thames estuary as flows out into the English Channel. It had a mile-long pier that people could go out on for scenic walks. After we married, I worked for the city council there before moving back to the States with my bride after about a year and a half, to complete my studies. One could buy little knickknacks like the little ambulance rather cheaply. We had a little bulldog about the same size and it had a similar hole on the bottom, no candy though. I think it was the way it was made in the mold.
The crossed swords on those maritime figures is the mark for Meissan pottery. I think that's how its spelt but its quite valuable and very collectable...
My guess on the red stones in the bracelet would be garnets, the colour fits and I think the price of garnets would make sense in that piece more than rubies!^^
In 1911, Balsom took over the jewellery shop at 14 King Street of Edwin S. Tanner (1841-1934) , who had become blind. Balsom built up the business ('The Home of Value') into 'one of the best known in the jewellery trade in the county' (Reading Standard, 19 June 1936
I see a UK gate bracelet there which is from the 60's I believe...my nan had a silver one and gave me a gold one in the 80's. The heart is just a clasp, there is not a key for that key hole, just cosmetic. ;)
Did I see the meissen cross swords on the porcelain sailors? Someone may have already identified it. Great video. I do miss your house clearance though
I love those articulated fish! So pretty and vibrant colour too! I would guess Garnet for the gold bracelet, very similar to my own! Lovely collection there, reminded me of going through my grandmother's jewellery box
I have a ring almost identical to the one with the missing Center Diamond…..mine is 18ct Mine Cut Diamonds, made in Melbourne Australia by well known jeweller in 1908……
A few pieces of English jewellery there, the ring from Reading ( pronounced redding) the 9ct gate bracelet with lock, a staple in the 1980's, I still have my mums one. The bracelet with the red stones and the cross pattern was popular back then too. Was like a trip down memory lane. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
My mom had a larger 3 tier oriental jewelry box like the black one. My dad brought it back when in the Navy stationed in Okinawa! She had it packed to the brim with costume jewelry. The box broke many years ago but I have all the jewelry!
I collect mortuary memorabilia, and I have a carved, wooden box very much like yours. Mine originally held a metal box with the cremains of a rather famous U.S. naval admiral.
The little ambulance from Southend on Sea was made as a memento of a holiday in said place. Often referred to as a tracklement, a gift from holiday of no use what so ever! Lesley Ryan UK
Hi from Ontario . I was on a training course in Dresden in 2001 . we were taken to the Meissen factory for a visit that pottery is very expensive, those sailor figurine's might be worth a few buck's
I have a hunch that Elephant wood carving with Brass trim is from the Kingdom of Thailand, (Siam) I saw something like it at an Exhibition in the 80's.
My great aunt, who was born in 1899, had the same Asian jewelry box. When she died in 1972, I got the box. I used it and somehow the glass broke. Check the bottom of it. The bigger key may be for the bottom, which plays music. The ribbon pin in the box was from Avon and was for Breast Cancer Awareness, hence the pink stone.
Always fun to see what you find, Alex! Really cool how viewers know information for further details too! I don't understand the fish made out of peacock feathers though.
The ambulance is a crested souvenir piece, just an ornament. Goss and other companies made lots of crested pieces in various shapes, figures, vehicles, monuments, objects, etc for various countries, provinces, counties, etc.
A little bit of history for the jeweller for you.W.Austin Balsom was a Reading (Pronounced reding) jeweller. In 1919, Balsom had advertised ‘Austin’ stainless cutlery as the ‘Aristocrat’ of the table, which ‘entirely dispenses with knife cleaning in every shape and form’ (Reading Observer, 29 November 1919). William Austin Balsom (1869-1936) had been born inJersey, the son of a builder. He came to Reading in 1890 and acquired experience in the local jewellery trade. In 1898, he married Ethel Maud nee Tyte (1875-1956), the daughter of a jeweller. In 1911, Balsom took over the jewellery shop at 14 King Street of Edwin S. Tanner (1841-1934) , who had become blind. Balsom built up the business (‘The Home of Value’) into ‘one of the best known in the jewellery trade in the county’ (Reading Standard, 19 June 1936). He celebrated his firm’s silver jubilee in March 1936, when he also acquired another jewellery shop. This was Charles Cotterell, Friar Street, which he placed under the charge of his son, Francis A. Balsom (1912-1967). However, Austin Balsom collapsed and died at his home, 10 Warwick Road, on 13 June 1936. A Methodist and a freemason, the funeral was at the Wesley Church in Queen’s Road, preceding cremation. He left an estate valued at £19,316. His son’s tenure at the family firm was interrupted by War service with the RAF. Francis announced that he was back at work in 1946. But in 1961 he retired and closed the business (Reading Standard, 22 September 1961). Within a few years, it had become a ‘Wimpy’ fast food outlet, with the Austin Balsom signage still on the building.
Hello again i have just finished watching the house clearouts you did i really wish you would do another but thats up to you please look up the dresden pieces because dresden can be really expensive. Good luck with everything. Just because its not 24 carrot gold doesn't mean it isn't solid because if its not plated its solid . 9ct is modern higher gold is mostly older.
That gold ring with the insurance is more than likely 1941. This makes sense when you consider that was war time in England. Also, if it is British gold then the essay mark should not only give you the location it was made but also the date
The insurance policy isnt necessarily a quill pen but very likely at least its an ink pen (dipping or fountain) that were ubiquitous prior to the ballpen revolution. I only finished schooling in the 1970's and we were not permitted to use ballpens in the last two years of it. Quink ink in bottles or cartridges was the norm.
The wooden box looks like camphor wood. My parents had one very similar from 1950's, which is now mine. It still has a very faint camphor smell, as it doesn't get opened very often.
Hi Alex, I also believe the red stone bracelet is Ruby, but I would get it checked out 1st. The 9kt gold bar bracelet has sales on eBay from $125-$230. So if I were you I think I would try to sell it off the auction to make the best profit. Anyway I wish you luck at the auction. God bless you & your family & take care.
I absolutely thought you were going to say “ I might have to try my magic trick of getting….. “ “Melissa to take a look “ 😄😄
😂 I thought the same!
The small 3 stone bezel set ring you found that said 18k plat, the plat stands for platinum which means the head or bezel that holds the stones is platinum. They do this on 18k yg rings because platinum is much more durable for holding the stones.
Gold is more durable than platinum Platinum is much harder . Is also worth a few dollars
In the US there's an abbreviation usually PB that means plumb. That means it's cast straight from gold bars etc and not other jewelry melted down.
Exactly, in the c. 1840 , they would have used silver to set diamonds in white metal, diamonds look better in a white metal setting with yellow gold below, good detective work tracing the jeweler. I love the blue enamel work pieces too.🎉
The Austin Balsom Ring is 1941. The original owner (Edwin. S. Tanner) Was born in 1841, and he died in 1934. Austin Balsom (1869 - 1936). Note: His full name was W. Austin. Balsom.* Balsom acquired the store in 1911. Due to his death in 1936, the ring would have come from his shop, but from a different owner. From further research, Austin built up his jewelry enterprise so much that he acquired another jewelry shop. The Charle Cotterell Jewelry store, Friar Street. This shop was given to his son, Francis. A. Balsom. Balsom collapsed in his him and died that day in 1936. Further reading says that Francis was called to the RAF during WW2, Further research shows that he announced the store would be back open in '46. The store eventually declined to become a quickmart with Austin's name still on the building. The owners of the store would have been Francis. Your thing suggests that the store closed in '41-'42ish.
Also, the town is pronounced "redding", not "reeding".
Meissen 'Dresden' has cross swords very collectable if not fake
The 9kt bracelet is a design that still carries on today. Sometimes it's called hugs and kisses due to the X's and O's. The red stones are probably rhodolite garnets. Now days you can find that design in .925 silver, 10kt, 14kt, and higher kt gold depending on the stones used. Birthstones are the most common stones used today. I sold many of that design when I had my shop.
I was thinking garnet too
Hi, Alex! I believe the bracelet with the “ Ruby” stones is actually a bracelet with Rhodolite Garnets. The magenta hue gives it away. Very pretty! Be well!
Those articulated fish pieces are really collectable
Alex you are my favourite pirate on UA-cam 😀😀
I think those fish earrings are actually made from kingfisher feathers! I believe it's illegal to make those now because the Asian kingfisher was nearly wiped out in service of the jewellery trade, so you have something that's increasingly rare!
Thanks for sharing!
William Austin Balsom moved to Reading, Berkshire from Jersey in 1890, gained experience in the jewellery trade. Married the jewellers daughter and took over the business. I live in Reading and love it when I see local products across the world.
Considering 3 pound 15 D was quite a sum in 1941, Seems to have been superior quality.
That's awesome 👌 thanks for sharing
It is pronounced Red-ing and Reading, if I'm not mistaken?
@@alwynvorster3447Yes, while is spelled Reading it’s pronounced Redding.
That woman’s watch is beautiful 😍
I could spend all day untangling jewelry.
You found some great pieces! As someone else mentioned, the PLAT on the ring stands for platinum (stone setting) rather than plated. Also, 9k does not necessarily indicate that a piece of jewellery is antique - it is still commonly used today in jewellery in countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand.
The oriental jewelry box brought me back to my teen years. I’m a senior now and remember the Christmas my mom got it for me. It was the biggest present I ever got. When you’re a family of 17 , this was like winning the lottery.
Unfortunately , one of my nieces broke it and couldn’t be fixed. It probably wasn’t worth a lot but to me it was the best gift ever.
I might check if it goes to auction.
That box immediately brought me back to my childhood too❤❤❤
I believe the bird with the odd neck position is not a peacock. The colour of the pin and earrings are Peacock Blue but are both Asian figures, the lovely articulating Koi fish and the Heron were often featured in art for hundreds of yrs. Hope this helps. I love a good look thru other people's old jewel boxes.
Is it a pelican?
@@Liz-sn1mmpelicans have bigger bills than that x
Hi alex, i live only a few miles from Southend-on-sea, aCity now a few miles up from the river Thames. You pronounce Reading as Redding, thats the English language for you! Xx
Yes they say there's over seventy accents of the English language. Thirty four in the UK alone.
Hi marilyn I am from Southend to x
I'm glad you picked up on how he said Reading, too. I live in its twinned city of Reading, Pennsylvania.
After seeing that tiny knife, that's not a knife, this is a knife (produces a machete-Crocodile Dundee)
The black enamel box plays music. I inherited the exact same.e box from my great grandmother, which has led to my collecting 20 more of them.
The Ambulance is one of many designs called crest ware. There are two main manufacturers, Willow like yours and Goss. They were collected as holiday mementos. I recall my mother having well over 100 of them.
My mom just gave me a dainty 18k white gold ring with 7 diamonds in it, that she bought at an auction. The appraisal papers have it appraised at overt $800.
She gave me this on Mother's Day and it fits me perfectly.
I was actually on the Chusan back in the 60's! We were traveling back to the US from the Philippines. How fun that you found a figurine from that ship!!!
LOVE mixed stuff like this. My fingers are just itching to sort, ohh and ahhh over it all. Costume cheap or fancy expensive doesn't matter, this is pure fun!
The ornament from Southend on Sea is very collectable, they made hundreds of different styles . They were generally bought as gifts or mementos of where you stayed on holiday in the UK. Unsure if they were also sold abroad though. Love that tiny ring in the unusual box, you made me burst out laughing Alex when you said Reading, it's actually pronounced Redding. I know, its our weird british language. 😂😂😂
Alexander - I always shake my head and smile when you go through a jewelry haul, because you often forget to grab your loop before you start going through the jewelry. I think that is part of your ADD. It would be so much easier for you if you tried to remember to bring your loop, diamond tester, and all the rest of your tools before you start looking through your jewelry hauls. :)
Possibly garnets in bracelet.
My wife was born near Southend-On-Sea, being a Brit. It was a tourist spot, being at the end of the Thames estuary as flows out into the English Channel. It had a mile-long pier that people could go out on for scenic walks. After we married, I worked for the city council there before moving back to the States with my bride after about a year and a half, to complete my studies. One could buy little knickknacks like the little ambulance rather cheaply. We had a little bulldog about the same size and it had a similar hole on the bottom, no candy though. I think it was the way it was made in the mold.
The ring certificate is written with a fountain pen. Reading is pronounced "Red-ing". Interesting video, as always, Alex!
That blue flower brooch is Coalport very valuable
I love the jewelry episodes!!!
Love all the brooches!
It’s always fun to watch you go through jewelry boxes!
The crossed swords on those maritime figures is the mark for Meissan pottery. I think that's how its spelt but its quite valuable and very collectable...
Love these kind f videos with lot of background and history in it. Thank you Alexander
Fabulous finds.. Thanks for taking us with you..
My guess on the red stones in the bracelet would be garnets, the colour fits and I think the price of garnets would make sense in that piece more than rubies!^^
That watch bracelet is beautiful! I wouldn't mind that myself...
OMG, I love those fish earrings 😍
In 1911, Balsom took over the jewellery shop at 14 King Street of Edwin S. Tanner (1841-1934) , who had become blind. Balsom built up the business ('The Home of Value') into 'one of the best known in the jewellery trade in the county' (Reading Standard, 19 June 1936
Crossed swords of the Dresden Company, quite popular at one time.
Rosary beads are like Xmas lights. You put them neatly in the jewelry box, but when you go to get them, they are all tangled
Love this!!! Very interesting stuff 🎉
Glad you enjoyed!
That is a beautiful little watch I think with a little TLC that would look wonderful
I see a UK gate bracelet there which is from the 60's I believe...my nan had a silver one and gave me a gold one in the 80's. The heart is just a clasp, there is not a key for that key hole, just cosmetic. ;)
A traditional 21st birthday gift at that time. I have one that is quite a bit heavier and rarely worn. The lock clasp is pretty annoying.
Did I see the meissen cross swords on the porcelain sailors? Someone may have already identified it. Great video. I do miss your house clearance though
A simple yet exciting haul...thanks for the entertainment!
The tiny knife:
STAY BACK! DON'T MAKE ME USE THIS!
I love those articulated fish! So pretty and vibrant colour too! I would guess Garnet for the gold bracelet, very similar to my own! Lovely collection there, reminded me of going through my grandmother's jewellery box
A lot of that jewellery looked British the garnet bracelet and gold gate bracelet some of the broaches and costume jewelry remind me of the 80's 💖
I have a ring almost identical to the one with the missing Center Diamond…..mine is 18ct Mine Cut Diamonds, made in Melbourne Australia by well known jeweller in 1908……
Oh oh oh !! That black Asian jewelry box, my mother had that exactly the same. Blew my mind when you pulled it out…
I've got a set of Japanese nesting boxes that look similar, bought late '60s by a friend at the time.
Cool finds!
A few pieces of English jewellery there, the ring from Reading ( pronounced redding) the 9ct gate bracelet with lock, a staple in the 1980's, I still have my mums one. The bracelet with the red stones and the cross pattern was popular back then too. Was like a trip down memory lane. Best wishes from the UK 🇬🇧
Some interesting pieces there . Saw a few things from my youth. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well❤
The gold ring is 18k gold with a platinum top, from 1941.
Very nice haul . Got a few dollars there for sure That elephant intrigues me ,.i am positive it is the twenties .Pleasant video .
Interesting items. Thanks!
My dad brought home a jewelry box like the little black one for my mom. From Japan, I think.
My mom had a larger 3 tier oriental jewelry box like the black one. My dad brought it back when in the Navy stationed in Okinawa! She had it packed to the brim with costume jewelry. The box broke many years ago but I have all the jewelry!
Love looking at all the goodies you bought! Thanks for sharing!
I collect mortuary memorabilia, and I have a carved, wooden box very much like yours. Mine originally held a metal box with the cremains of a rather famous U.S. naval admiral.
On the little insurance certificate with the ring the address says Reading which is said Redding ❤
I love the jewelry box finds! As you mentioned, there is always a good find in there somewhere!
love when you get jewellery ❤
The little ambulance from Southend on Sea was made as a memento of a holiday in said place. Often referred to as a tracklement, a gift from holiday of no use what so ever! Lesley Ryan UK
Let’s get this out onto a tray, nice.
Hi from Ontario . I was on a training course in Dresden in 2001 . we were taken to the Meissen factory for a visit that pottery is very expensive, those sailor figurine's might be worth a few buck's
Very cool!
The case for the 3 stone ring has a snap closer on it. I believe the snap was not widely used until after 1885.
Absolutely love the tiny pocket watch. What a fun episode, Alex. I also love how your viewers have offered helpful hints and suggestions.🎉
I have a black jewelry box like that one. Mine is musical, I think yours looks like it is too. Mine for the central tray has a bridge.
Great finds!
darker red stone could be garnet.
I was thinking garnet too
I have a hunch that Elephant wood carving with Brass trim is from the Kingdom of Thailand,
(Siam) I saw something like it at an Exhibition in the 80's.
The deep red stones in the bracelet could be garnets?
My great aunt, who was born in 1899, had the same Asian jewelry box. When she died in 1972, I got the box. I used it and somehow the glass broke. Check the bottom of it. The bigger key may be for the bottom, which plays music. The ribbon pin in the box was from Avon and was for Breast Cancer Awareness, hence the pink stone.
We had a similar jewellery box brought by my uncle in the 1950s from Japan.
The red clay figure is the devil, popular pop art of the 1950’s as I recall.
lol that would make a good lure
Always fun to see what you find, Alex! Really cool how viewers know information for further details too! I don't understand the fish made out of peacock feathers though.
Commemorative pins can make good money too. Those older ones are really groovy
beautiful old style jewellry, luv Austin Balsom ring 🤩
I have a watch very similar to the ladies one. From Birks around 1975.
So good to have this video. Good to see you Alex. Can’t wait to see more stuff.
The ambulance is a crested souvenir piece, just an ornament. Goss and other companies made lots of crested pieces in various shapes, figures, vehicles, monuments, objects, etc for various countries, provinces, counties, etc.
Nice haul Alex!!
Thanks Alex ❤
A little bit of history for the jeweller for you.W.Austin Balsom was a Reading (Pronounced reding) jeweller. In 1919, Balsom had advertised ‘Austin’ stainless cutlery as the ‘Aristocrat’ of the table, which ‘entirely dispenses with knife cleaning in every shape and form’ (Reading Observer, 29 November 1919). William Austin Balsom (1869-1936) had been born inJersey, the son of a builder. He came to Reading in 1890 and acquired experience in the local jewellery trade. In 1898, he married Ethel Maud nee Tyte (1875-1956), the daughter of a jeweller. In 1911, Balsom took over the jewellery shop at 14 King Street of Edwin S. Tanner (1841-1934) , who had become blind. Balsom built up the business (‘The Home of Value’) into ‘one of the best known in the jewellery trade in the county’ (Reading Standard, 19 June 1936). He celebrated his firm’s silver jubilee in March 1936, when he also acquired another jewellery shop. This was Charles Cotterell, Friar Street, which he placed under the charge of his son, Francis A. Balsom (1912-1967). However, Austin Balsom collapsed and died at his home, 10 Warwick Road, on 13 June 1936. A Methodist and a freemason, the funeral was at the Wesley Church in Queen’s Road, preceding cremation. He left an estate valued at £19,316.
His son’s tenure at the family firm was interrupted by War service with the RAF. Francis announced that he was back at work in 1946. But in 1961 he retired and closed the business (Reading Standard, 22 September 1961). Within a few years, it had become a ‘Wimpy’ fast food outlet, with the Austin Balsom signage still on the building.
The RING IN THE CASE with the Printing on the Inside Material would say much more modern!
The two sailors could be from Meissen according to the mark
Hello again i have just finished watching the house clearouts you did i really wish you would do another but thats up to you please look up the dresden pieces because dresden can be really expensive. Good luck with everything. Just because its not 24 carrot gold doesn't mean it isn't solid because if its not plated its solid . 9ct is modern higher gold is mostly older.
I noticed in the carved box, there was a silver baby bracelet which expands. I still have one of those in my jewellery box.
Some great finds xxx
That gold ring with the insurance is more than likely 1941. This makes sense when you consider that was war time in England.
Also, if it is British gold then the essay mark should not only give you the location it was made but also the date
The insurance policy isnt necessarily a quill pen but very likely at least its an ink pen (dipping or fountain) that were ubiquitous prior to the ballpen revolution. I only finished schooling in the 1970's and we were not permitted to use ballpens in the last two years of it. Quink ink in bottles or cartridges was the norm.
alex that rosary is made from flowers. usually from a wedding or a funeral.
Before you put down the cookie sheet it looked like there was a diamond laying on the table for that ring maybe.
My mother had a jewelry box like the oriental one. The decorated box on the bottom right opens up too
I have a red enamel box just like the black one. It also plays music.
Hi Alex the little ring box with the insurance document is from Reading UK and is pronounced Reding and the place where they lived is Didcot UK
The wooden box looks like camphor wood. My parents had one very similar from 1950's, which is now mine. It still has a very faint camphor smell, as it doesn't get opened very often.
The ring from -41, the closing button of the case gives it away, I don't think that kind of button was patented befor the 1900s.
My Dad brought one home for my Mom when he was in Korea during the war. (that last Jewelry box)
You are looking younger today.
Hi Alex, I also believe the red stone bracelet is Ruby, but I would get it checked out 1st. The 9kt gold bar bracelet has sales on eBay from $125-$230. So if I were you I think I would try to sell it off the auction to make the best profit. Anyway I wish you luck at the auction. God bless you & your family & take care.