1930s 14k Gold Abacus Charm pincushions cherry blossom

cherry blossom

it's complete with the original gold barrel clasp and can be worn long

they gird themselves with snakes and give suck to fawns and wolf cubs as if they were infants at the breast

Amitav Ghosh's wonderful novel partly set in the Sunderbans of West Bengal

It's resistance to corrosion and tarnish makes it ideally suited to jewellery

1930s 14k Gold Abacus Charm pincushions cherry blossomDATE: Art Deco, c. 1930 I ain't no abacus but you can count on me Jamie T, Operation A 14 karat gold working abacus charm dating from the 1930s. I say working (it is) but admittedly it's really quite fiddly to move the individual beads. Until today to my shame I actually had no idea how to use an abacus. It's really quite fascinating, and extremely clever. The technology (aka counting board) spans back to ancient times, and while the exact origin is