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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4175750, member: 2844&quot;]Spring rings were already used in the 1840s, introduced just after bolt rings became popular.</p><p>New types of spring rings can be patented at any time, or patents can be registered in one country for types that were already used in another. But registration of a new type doesn&#039;t mean that the earlier types never existed.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>The bracelet is French, btw, not British.</p><p><br /></p><p>An 1889 ad from the US for spring rings, these were just a few of the models available at the time:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]333535[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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