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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9743199, member: 2844&quot;]By natural I meant not cultured. The quality of these pearls is good, but not exquisite, and they still look cultured to me, but I don&#039;t have it in hand.</p><p>The pearls used in Austro-Hungarian items were sourced in Indian and Sri Lankan waters and in the Persian Gulf (Basra pearls). They are high lustre and display various colours, especially the highly prized Basra pearls.</p><p>Your pearls have none of these qualities. They are all white, and I don&#039;t see high lustre, but again, I don&#039;t have it in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am not trying to be nasty, but although these pearls are pretty, they are not the pearls one would expect on an Austro-Hungarian box imo.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What about the part I circled in white?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]477046[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Where would the jeweller get a similarly enameled copper panel?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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