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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4527849, member: 5833&quot;]She&#039;s definitely hardstone.&nbsp; It always baffles me when sellers, who have the piece in hand, can&#039;t tell the difference between stone &amp; shell.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s conceivable the markings on the back were a dealer&#039;s, not the engravers.&nbsp; Again, I&#039;m no help.&nbsp; In addition to the 4497 (inventory number?) I see tr.&nbsp; Could be the production of a German workshop, worked on by several people.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lovely mount as well.&nbsp; Clasp appears to have been replaced, removing one clue to age.&nbsp; Turn of the 20th century, I would guess.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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