Little Pearl Star & Crescent Brooch earrings A couple areas of tarnish/oxidation

A couple areas of tarnish/oxidation

The carved face depicts the sun god Ra in his solar barque being worshipped by baboons

This one also has a double barbed

Cool antique seal fob pendant with a hinged base

as a letter from the poet John Keats to his sister

Little Pearl Star & Crescent Brooch earrings A couple areas of tarnish/oxidationThe crescent is a potent, ancient symbol usually used to represent the moon but not necessarily a particular lunar phase. When it is (used to denote a lunar phase), the waxing first quarter is referred to as "crescent" or "increscent", and the waning final quarter as "decrescent". The word, crescent, comes from the Latin crescere meaning "to grow". In alchemy, the crescent represents silver, the precious metal, on account of the moon's silvery glow,