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<p>[QUOTE="Hanty, post: 9732607, member: 85081"]I'm sorry, would this photo be any better? It's the only one I have with flash as I won't get it back until next week now. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ah! Sorry. I didn't realise there was a difference. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" /> I hope the engraving is original. I was doing a bit of searching looking at pendants from the time and they have a similar, for lack of better words, stitch-like engraved style. Either way I think it's a super interesting piece, though I wonder if the silver is really is white gold as listed. A person pointed out its not the neatest job and seems amateur, but is that not fading or the style?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not sure. He didn't elaborate but when I said around 1940, he asked why I would say that. I informed him of the hallmarks and he just hmm'd and said I'm being hopeful and it's more likely to be 90's/2000's. The conversion ended there as we wrapped up and to be honest, he's not the most conversational person. Fantastic jeweller as I've used him previously, yet strange guy. He has his shop labelled with little signs on things which may be conversation points. E.g. he has a 1888 clock, which is labelled as "This is an 1888 clock". On his doorbell to get in, it says "The doorbell, where else would it be?". I suppose he just gets asked a ton of questions and so he doesn't have to explain, he just labels everything.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Hanty, post: 9732607, member: 85081"]I'm sorry, would this photo be any better? It's the only one I have with flash as I won't get it back until next week now. Ah! Sorry. I didn't realise there was a difference. :oops: I hope the engraving is original. I was doing a bit of searching looking at pendants from the time and they have a similar, for lack of better words, stitch-like engraved style. Either way I think it's a super interesting piece, though I wonder if the silver is really is white gold as listed. A person pointed out its not the neatest job and seems amateur, but is that not fading or the style? I'm not sure. He didn't elaborate but when I said around 1940, he asked why I would say that. I informed him of the hallmarks and he just hmm'd and said I'm being hopeful and it's more likely to be 90's/2000's. The conversion ended there as we wrapped up and to be honest, he's not the most conversational person. Fantastic jeweller as I've used him previously, yet strange guy. He has his shop labelled with little signs on things which may be conversation points. E.g. he has a 1888 clock, which is labelled as "This is an 1888 clock". On his doorbell to get in, it says "The doorbell, where else would it be?". I suppose he just gets asked a ton of questions and so he doesn't have to explain, he just labels everything.[/QUOTE]
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