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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 9833194, member: 29"]Kyra, it’s not gritty, it’s smooth and cold. I can’t get it right on the photos, but it’s definitely glass not shell, and it’s got that bluish ness. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] , you may well be right, it looks good that way up and the pin orientation would be right. </p><p><br /></p><p>Stones test higher than glass, too. And yes, I found some very similar ones, including from auction houses saying gold. Who knows. </p><p><br /></p><p>Ruth, I do agree it’s thinner than I’d expect from pinchbeck and it doesn’t feel the same. Georgian pinchbeck can be very finely crafted of course, but I think this is later, as in 1840s ish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 9833194, member: 29"]Kyra, it’s not gritty, it’s smooth and cold. I can’t get it right on the photos, but it’s definitely glass not shell, and it’s got that bluish ness. [USER=1476]@Debora[/USER] , you may well be right, it looks good that way up and the pin orientation would be right. Stones test higher than glass, too. And yes, I found some very similar ones, including from auction houses saying gold. Who knows. Ruth, I do agree it’s thinner than I’d expect from pinchbeck and it doesn’t feel the same. Georgian pinchbeck can be very finely crafted of course, but I think this is later, as in 1840s ish.[/QUOTE]
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