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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 419110, member: 106&quot;]Hi all! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a recent find. Just over 2&quot; (almost 55mm) long and was filthy when found. The stones test as diamonds but I haven&#039;t yet tested the metal yet.&nbsp; My first thought was Etruscan revival with the twisted wires and granulation ... but not finding examples featuring diamonds.&nbsp; Could this just be a design from someplace else?&nbsp; Does the closure point to any area or time period?</p><p>Further confusing me is: 1)that these stones have huge culets and smallish tables, which suggest that it has some age (or, at least the stones do). 2) The color and texture of the gold is unusual (the pointy pin part is smooth).&nbsp; Would anyone plate high karat gold over lower karat gold?&nbsp; That what it looks like to me ... but I&#039;ve never heard of it before.&nbsp; The ends of the prongs are worn smooth and look more &#039;normal&#039; to me <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Also have areas lower on the prongs that look as if they had &#039;peeled&#039; (with gold underneath) ... but there is actually no loose, peeling metal.</p><p>Only marking that I can find is what is scratched (?) on the side.&nbsp; Looks like &quot;mm?kh-&quot; to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any thoughts to period, origin, translation of mmkh, or any other helpful information will be welcome. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]146271[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]146272[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]146273[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]146274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]146275[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]146276[/ATTACH]</p><p>big culets</p><p>[ATTACH=full]146277[/ATTACH]</p><p>mark on side </p><p>[ATTACH=full]146278[/ATTACH]</p><p>showing &#039;peeling&#039; and smooth prong ends </p><p>[ATTACH=full]146279[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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