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<p>[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 822522, member: 30"]As she called it. And, in 1957, it was. I climbed into her lap to play with her earrings when I was 3 years old and she gave her earrings to me to keep. Against my mother's protest, she took off her bracelet and gave that to me too! Said, "It's just costume jewelry." It was my first introduction to costume jewelry. </p><p><br /></p><p>The earrings appear to be sterling, no idea if it's marked anywhere, sorry. This was my 3rd try to photograph these before they went into the box and I am unable to get good ones. The optics of my camera seem to be declining along with my eyesight. Thanks for giving me confidence to take care of the important stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>What could the bracelet be made of and what eras? [ATTACH=full]192806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192807[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192808[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192811[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="antidiem, post: 822522, member: 30"]As she called it. And, in 1957, it was. I climbed into her lap to play with her earrings when I was 3 years old and she gave her earrings to me to keep. Against my mother's protest, she took off her bracelet and gave that to me too! Said, "It's just costume jewelry." It was my first introduction to costume jewelry. The earrings appear to be sterling, no idea if it's marked anywhere, sorry. This was my 3rd try to photograph these before they went into the box and I am unable to get good ones. The optics of my camera seem to be declining along with my eyesight. Thanks for giving me confidence to take care of the important stuff. What could the bracelet be made of and what eras? [ATTACH=full]192806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192807[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192808[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192809[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192810[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]192811[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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