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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 309324, member: 2844&quot;]I collect ethnic jewellery, and have Dagestani pieces as well. Some of them are floating around somewhere on this forum, if you search for Dagestan or Caucasus you will find them.</p><p>I am no expert, but with the knowledge I have, I can say the ring is 19th century at least, possibly early 19th.</p><p>Ethnic silver is often recycled. Silver from old rings is used to make new rings. Great-great-great-etc grandma&#039;s rings will almost never survive.</p><p>The big question is, when did this ring come to the West, or end up with a Dagestani collector. If it is known/documented to have been in a collection in the 17th or 18th century, we can be pretty sure it dates from the 1600s. Or you can have the metal dated. Otherwise 19th century will be the safest assumption.</p><p>The ring has value, even more so because Dagestan is in Russia, and &#039;Russian silver&#039; is a magic term these days. So is Judaica.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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