What type of jewelery and material?

[Dug]

Hi;

My father passed two years ago and while going through his belongings I came across a wooden 3 drawer box. I'm positive this was one of many items from my Grandmother's household that my father brought back when he settled her estate. Not sure of the exact date when my Grandmother was born but I believe it was the late 1890s.

The box has a faded logo on the inside that appears to have "LA GERALDINE FLOR" encircling a logo that looks like W over something. Each drawer has the word "Operas" on it; Operas is Spanish for "You operate" so maybe the box was Spanish made? On the bottom of the box is Thurber Wyland & Co. Factory No. 352 3rd Dist NY 100 Not sure if it is related to the contents.

I was hoping someone would recognize the amulets/cameos/stones/gems inside. I'm guessing that they are some sort of glass work as they are definitely not plastic and appear heavier than Bakelite.

Can someone shed some light on what this might be?

 

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[Red-Coat]

Those are lovely. Looks to be someone's accumulation of jewellery-making oddments. I silversmith and have a similar accumulation of cabochon and cut stones for making rings, brooches, necklaces and earrings. Most of those look to be glass or other synthetics, with a few semi-precious stones and a some fancy buttons that someone was likely going to re-purpose.

I don't see any obvious connections between the various labels or between the labels and the assortment of stones, so would assume that whatever the cabinet of drawers was originally intended for, it has also been re-purposed. La Geraldine Flor sounds like a florist's shop and Thurber, Whyland & Co. were a wholesale grocery firm. No idea what the 'Operas' is all about.