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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 369168, member: 2844&quot;]A delicate necklace with cross pendant. The necklace is 41 cm/16.14&quot; long.</p><p>Similar ones I have seen were Sicilian, between 1860 and 1890. The last owner said it had been in her Croatian family since at least 1900, maybe longer.</p><p>It looks like the necklace has been shortened, it is not symmetrical. So I&#039;ll be looking for a broken antique chain with the right links to replace the missing part.</p><p><br /></p><p>It tests as 10k gold and there is a mark on one of the rings of the tube clasp. This is where it gets tricky, of course.</p><p>10k gold wasn&#039;t legal in Croatia in the 19th century, or now, and the mark doesn&#039;t look like a Croatian/Yugoslavian mark. So for now I am sticking with Sicily.</p><p>Coral was found and was hugely popular in both regions.</p><p>Italy was united in 1861, but didn&#039;t get a state marking system until 1872, and since then marking is rarely consistent.</p><p>Before 1872 the different regions had their own marks. For Sicily this could also have been a Sardinian mark, since it had been part of the kingdom of Sardinia.</p><p>Regional marks were used after 1872 as well.</p><p>I know this is obscure territory even for someone familiar with marks, but I thought I&#039;d ask anyway, you never know.</p><p>Anyway, here is the little sweetheart:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]126665[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]126666[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]126667[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Same mark, the other way around</p><p>[ATTACH=full]126668[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you for looking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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