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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4188359, member: 5833"]Is there a place in the photo where that shows up clearly? I just see that stones & pearls are backed with a floral detail that is not what holds them in place. The stones I see as prong set; from what I see (& I may easily be missing something) the pearls are probably on posts.</p><p><br /></p><p>If the pearls are on posts, it would have been a lot of delicate work to add the posts in a reworking of the piece, so interesting point about the advent of cultured pearls. If it weren't for that dang hinge, I would readily put the piece to mid-20th, contemporary with the clasp. A puzzlement. A jeweller working with old stock findings?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4188359, member: 5833"]Is there a place in the photo where that shows up clearly? I just see that stones & pearls are backed with a floral detail that is not what holds them in place. The stones I see as prong set; from what I see (& I may easily be missing something) the pearls are probably on posts. If the pearls are on posts, it would have been a lot of delicate work to add the posts in a reworking of the piece, so interesting point about the advent of cultured pearls. If it weren't for that dang hinge, I would readily put the piece to mid-20th, contemporary with the clasp. A puzzlement. A jeweller working with old stock findings?[/QUOTE]
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