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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Eils14, post: 9809654, member: 14776&quot;]Hi everyone,</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently picked up this necklace very cheaply having realised there was a stamp on the clasp but without knowing much else.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stamp is 15K and having looked it up it seems this was used a lot in the nineteenth century, and went completely out of use by 1931.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is therefore about the beads themselves, what do we think they are? Are these old ivory beads, or something else? I know of Schreger lines but as I haven&#039;t knowingly had ivory before I am not sure if&nbsp; they are present. Also, some beads have whorl like patterns on them, so I don&#039;t know what this is. I note a lot have dark crack like lines in them too but not all do.</p><p><br /></p><p>TYIA for any help you can give. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]487723[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487724[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487725[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487726[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487727[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]487728[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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