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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9822380, member: 2844"]Beautiful find, shammie.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>You are right, it is a Capucine cross. It is from the Provence region of France. The stones are likely to be rose cut diamonds or possibly senailles.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few Capucine crosses a bit down this page:</p><p><a href="https://www.bijouxregionaux.fr/en/contenu.php?idcontenu=14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bijouxregionaux.fr/en/contenu.php?idcontenu=14" rel="nofollow">https://www.bijouxregionaux.fr/en/contenu.php?idcontenu=14</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The diamonds are probably silver backed for clarity. Silver was often used for diamonds, because gold would make them look yellow.</p><p>The silver would be tarnished by now, which accounts for the dark colour of the stones.</p><p>So your cross is likely to be gold, but it could have bits of silver behind the diamonds. That is often the sign of an antique European jewel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9822380, member: 2844"]Beautiful find, shammie.:happy: You are right, it is a Capucine cross. It is from the Provence region of France. The stones are likely to be rose cut diamonds or possibly senailles. A few Capucine crosses a bit down this page: [URL]https://www.bijouxregionaux.fr/en/contenu.php?idcontenu=14[/URL] The diamonds are probably silver backed for clarity. Silver was often used for diamonds, because gold would make them look yellow. The silver would be tarnished by now, which accounts for the dark colour of the stones. So your cross is likely to be gold, but it could have bits of silver behind the diamonds. That is often the sign of an antique European jewel.[/QUOTE]
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