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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4582924, member: 2844&quot;]My Javanese cross, set with Martapura diamonds.</p><p>Although Indonesia is dominated by Islamic and indigenous beliefs, Catholicism was introduced by the Portuguese in the early 16th century and there are still Christians of several denominations. Martapura diamond crosses like this are extremely rare though, this is the second one I&#039;ve ever seen, and the other one was a plain cross shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>The seller thought the stones were glass and asked a matching price.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I saw the greyish tone and three facet cut, and thought: Martapura diamonds. Just to be sure I tested them, all diamonds.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Most of them have the old Indonesian 3 facet cut, the central stone is a 6 (top)facet rose cut.</p><p>It was bought in the early 30s by a well known Dutch actress on tour in Java. It already had age at the time, my guess is second half of the 19th C.</p><p>I call it the &quot;Elly Cross&quot;, after the actress.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]407425[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]407426[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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