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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lizjewel, post: 4477820, member: 13874&quot;]Brian, can you tell us a bit more? Like, in what country did your daughter find this set? You write &quot;puce&quot; which I know means fleamarket [I lived in France once], but was it there or you just used puce as a figure of speech? Also, have you tested it for any gold, either plating or filling (as in G.F.) </p><p>Without knowing more about it it&#039;s tough to say from where it comes or is made of.&nbsp; Pure guess based on the pictures only: If gold, g.f. etc, it could be from Asia [India, Nepal, etc.] or Africa, Middle East, as bridal jewelry. Not to wear at her wedding perhaps but received in gifts, long before marriage, making up a part of her personal &quot;fortune&quot; as is common in cultures in those countries. </p><p><br /></p><p>You do not say how the bracelet opens if it does? If it does not open it was probably fitted on a young girl early (personal fortune starter) and did not come off until she died. A bride&#039;s personal fortune jewelry in some Eastern cultures is not handed down her to children as in Western cultures. When the woman dies the jewelry is taken off her and sold to benefit the children (or husband if he is still around). Tourists can then pick it up in the bazars that cater to them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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