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<p>[QUOTE="Babcafy, post: 1756850, member: 14355"]Hi there, </p><p>I stumbled across this discussion while researching the same piece! It does say 12k gold filled...specifically “EKELUND 1/20 12k”. Also, the cameo was part of it and yes, there were leaves originally. </p><p><br /></p><p><i>“One way that gold filled, or gold plated items are legally marked is with a fraction, most commonly 1/10 or <b>1/20</b>. If your item says “<b>1/20 12k</b>” then it is not twelve karat gold, it is merely plated in <b>12k</b> gold.”</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Babcafy, post: 1756850, member: 14355"]Hi there, I stumbled across this discussion while researching the same piece! It does say 12k gold filled...specifically “EKELUND 1/20 12k”. Also, the cameo was part of it and yes, there were leaves originally. [I]“One way that gold filled, or gold plated items are legally marked is with a fraction, most commonly 1/10 or [B]1/20[/B]. If your item says “[B]1/20 12k[/B]” then it is not twelve karat gold, it is merely plated in [B]12k[/B] gold.”[/I] [I] [/I][/QUOTE]
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