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<p>[QUOTE="Marko, post: 217839, member: 210"]Great jewelry finds, loving the amber ring!!!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>I went to a bi-yearly antique sale, and I found some unusual things. I took a chance on one of them, ouch- $60, hope I didn't make a mistake. More about that later, I have to get ready to visit my uncle, grocery shop, and finish the three loads of laundry. But..... my favorite thing I found was this..... it mesmerized me. I asked the lady if she could do better than $20, she said no, she didn't even have a chance to research it (like look it up on ebay), so I grabbed it. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think this may be strass, not sure.... set in brass, I think....the sparkle on these rhinestones is amazing, and I cannot capture it fully. It is a strand of 59 1/2 inches long. So this may be rhinestones made from lead crystal. Anybody have a guess on the age? Late 1800s/early 1900s?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]64394[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marko, post: 217839, member: 210"]Great jewelry finds, loving the amber ring!!!!! I went to a bi-yearly antique sale, and I found some unusual things. I took a chance on one of them, ouch- $60, hope I didn't make a mistake. More about that later, I have to get ready to visit my uncle, grocery shop, and finish the three loads of laundry. But..... my favorite thing I found was this..... it mesmerized me. I asked the lady if she could do better than $20, she said no, she didn't even have a chance to research it (like look it up on ebay), so I grabbed it. I think this may be strass, not sure.... set in brass, I think....the sparkle on these rhinestones is amazing, and I cannot capture it fully. It is a strand of 59 1/2 inches long. So this may be rhinestones made from lead crystal. Anybody have a guess on the age? Late 1800s/early 1900s? [ATTACH=full]64394[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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