Old “gold” bracelet and necklace

[Hikari]

Recently my grandfather passed and as we are going through things we are finding jewelry here and there. Not surprising as my Grammy was a total magpie.

Most items have been easy to identify as either costume or real. There are two that I can’t figure out. I’m not interest in value per se, more just curiosity.

Necklace with an eagle pendant. Appears as a gold color, but seems too coppery to be yellow gold, but also doesn’t have a speck of patina or tarnish. Of course not a stamp anywhere. Same with the bracelet. Same color, chunky figaro style, no tarnish or patina and simple a capital A stamped on the clasp.

Any ideas?

 

[AnastasiaBeaverhausen]

Sorry to hear about his passing. Sending good thoughts to you and your family. Do you have pics of the bracelet and necklace you'd like to share? I don't know squat about valuation of antique jewelry, but I'm always happy to see more pics of shinies!

 

[pokerface]

No stamp means it's pretty certain to be costume jewelry. No maker would stamp his mark without indicating the gold percentage if in fact the item was gold.

 

[peacechick]

I wouldn't automatically rule it out from being gold. My grandma left me a jade and gold bracelet that has no hallmark on it, and it had also turned coppery in color. My jeweller told me it was 9k gold. At 9k, there was a lot more copper mixed in which is why it can change color with age.