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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2869794, member: 2844"]The clasp and tube hinge were used much longer in eastern Europe, maybe still are in some parts. The 'Hungary' stamp, along with a post-1937 Hungarian assay mark, place this lovely firmly in the post- Austro-Hungarian period.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Historic Revival style didn't end when the Austro-Hungarian empire fell apart. It continued in all the regions where it had been made during imperial times. It just wasn't called Austro-Hungarian, because that name was no longer relevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 2869794, member: 2844"]The clasp and tube hinge were used much longer in eastern Europe, maybe still are in some parts. The 'Hungary' stamp, along with a post-1937 Hungarian assay mark, place this lovely firmly in the post- Austro-Hungarian period. The Historic Revival style didn't end when the Austro-Hungarian empire fell apart. It continued in all the regions where it had been made during imperial times. It just wasn't called Austro-Hungarian, because that name was no longer relevant.[/QUOTE]
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