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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9566623, member: 76316"]It belongs to a friend, who was told it was from the 1940's when she got it. An image search shows many near-identical in size an' color, some <i>new</i>. It is well made, with good detail, but the edges of the gold, silver & copper areas offer no real clue about what it is really made of, or how. It is 19" in diameter, an inch thick, an' weighs 25 pounds. That works out to ~.28 pounds (roughly 4 1/2 ounces) per cubic inch, ...pretty dense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall a pretty striking an' attractive piece, but I don't see that much age in it. I offer it for your comments to fulfill a promise to her, an' hope there will be a sweet surprise in your responses. Thanks for lookin'!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]458831[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458832[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458838[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458839[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 9566623, member: 76316"]It belongs to a friend, who was told it was from the 1940's when she got it. An image search shows many near-identical in size an' color, some [I]new[/I]. It is well made, with good detail, but the edges of the gold, silver & copper areas offer no real clue about what it is really made of, or how. It is 19" in diameter, an inch thick, an' weighs 25 pounds. That works out to ~.28 pounds (roughly 4 1/2 ounces) per cubic inch, ...pretty dense. Overall a pretty striking an' attractive piece, but I don't see that much age in it. I offer it for your comments to fulfill a promise to her, an' hope there will be a sweet surprise in your responses. Thanks for lookin'! [ATTACH=full]458831[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458832[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458834[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458835[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458836[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458837[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458838[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]458839[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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