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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 28167, member: 25"]The stones, if they are diamonds appear to merely polished natural shapes rather than cut, and this could make them 18th C or earlier. </p><p><br /></p><p>The fact that there is a stamped mark at all is a good sign, even it can't be read.</p><p><br /></p><p>First on the agenda must be a diamond test and a gold test.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pearls appear to be old, natural rather than cultured pearls, the ovoid shape is what you get with natural pearls after a long time, unless of course they started out a bit misshapen. </p><p><br /></p><p>It strikes me as possible this little piece could be very old.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 28167, member: 25"]The stones, if they are diamonds appear to merely polished natural shapes rather than cut, and this could make them 18th C or earlier. The fact that there is a stamped mark at all is a good sign, even it can't be read. First on the agenda must be a diamond test and a gold test. The pearls appear to be old, natural rather than cultured pearls, the ovoid shape is what you get with natural pearls after a long time, unless of course they started out a bit misshapen. It strikes me as possible this little piece could be very old.[/QUOTE]
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