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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9485192, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">My last two are mystery items, the head scratchers if you will. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The first is this sterling and marcasite ring. Its sadly, but rather unnoticably missing a stone. Its got both a 925 on the inside, and a Minerva on the outside. As well as that, we have a lovely mystery mark that has no real cartouche whatsoever. The Minerva does not appear to have a lock of hair on her temple, so that would make it post 1973, however I thought the marks on the outside of the band more common in older jewelry? More common doesn't mean impossible I suppose, but the minerva is rather worn so its hard to say if she is the modern stamp or not.</p> <p style="text-align: center">It needs more cleaning but its lovely to look at, and thankfully fits!</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444631[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">How to clean tarnish without touching the stones?</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444632[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]444634[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9485192, member: 15376"][CENTER]My last two are mystery items, the head scratchers if you will. :hilarious: The first is this sterling and marcasite ring. Its sadly, but rather unnoticably missing a stone. Its got both a 925 on the inside, and a Minerva on the outside. As well as that, we have a lovely mystery mark that has no real cartouche whatsoever. The Minerva does not appear to have a lock of hair on her temple, so that would make it post 1973, however I thought the marks on the outside of the band more common in older jewelry? More common doesn't mean impossible I suppose, but the minerva is rather worn so its hard to say if she is the modern stamp or not. It needs more cleaning but its lovely to look at, and thankfully fits! [ATTACH=full]444631[/ATTACH] How to clean tarnish without touching the stones? [ATTACH=full]444633[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444632[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]444634[/ATTACH][/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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