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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 282205, member: 2844&quot;]The spring ring clasp was introduced ca 1840, and evolved into the model we know now.</p><p>I know the British continued to use those big, heavy spring rings well into the 20th century. I don&#039;t know about North America, but the smaller model was in use in continental Europe in the late 19th century.</p><p>These are silver necklaces, the clasps on gold neclaces were smaller, but I&#039;d have to do more digging to find a gold necklace. On the left a German ca 1890 necklace, on the right a French 1880s necklace (garnet and selenite), in the centre a 2010 pen<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]90255[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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