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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 5204337, member: 29"]Bless you, aren't you lovely. </p><p><br /></p><p>Mass production, if you can call it that, has been around in the UK for centuries. Settings like this were made in the gold quarter in Birmingham, then jewellers chose the stones to be used. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm disagreeing with davey on the date. The London 1959 is too slanted back and the cartouche shape is wrong, although those can vary. This looks like Birmingham 1902 to me, with the d tail bent over. That would explain the amount of wear and a Birmingham maker is probably more likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 5204337, member: 29"]Bless you, aren't you lovely. Mass production, if you can call it that, has been around in the UK for centuries. Settings like this were made in the gold quarter in Birmingham, then jewellers chose the stones to be used. I'm disagreeing with davey on the date. The London 1959 is too slanted back and the cartouche shape is wrong, although those can vary. This looks like Birmingham 1902 to me, with the d tail bent over. That would explain the amount of wear and a Birmingham maker is probably more likely.[/QUOTE]
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