Vintage Gold Shark Brooch harlequin Austrian marks

Austrian marks

French eagle hallmark (18k gold)

A cool antique vesta case shaped like a Tiger Claw

and the apparent crude construction only partially masks the fact that this was clearly made by a talented metallurgist using whatever tools could be found/adapted in the trenches

They're crafted in 9 karat gold

Vintage Gold Shark Brooch harlequin Austrian marksDATE: Vintage, 1989 Cool vintage shark brooch dating from the 1980s. Personally, I'm terrified of sharks. One of the few irrational fears I'm aware of having but also, the Ocean is their domain. You don't see them coming, you don't hear them coming, then you're torn apart. Horrific. That said, sharks are a keystone species essential to maintaining healthy marine ecosystems and we (people) need to stop wiping them out at the alarming rate the we are.