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<p>[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 3810870, member: 36"]I've heard them called watch winders, from the days when pocket watches were wound with a key. The two often get separated. If someone had the watch and needed the matching key and it was in that lot .... bingo. Up she goes. I wonder if that carved red coral elephant with the howdah was part of the equation; I know some coral addicts. (Right, [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] ? )</p><p><br /></p><p>My grandmother had a bracelet made like the one in #4. It's currently in my sister's safe deposit box, but as I recall it was gold-filled. Unless it's in front of you and open it would be a good candidate to be thought to be gold.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="evelyb30, post: 3810870, member: 36"]I've heard them called watch winders, from the days when pocket watches were wound with a key. The two often get separated. If someone had the watch and needed the matching key and it was in that lot .... bingo. Up she goes. I wonder if that carved red coral elephant with the howdah was part of the equation; I know some coral addicts. (Right, [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] ? ) My grandmother had a bracelet made like the one in #4. It's currently in my sister's safe deposit box, but as I recall it was gold-filled. Unless it's in front of you and open it would be a good candidate to be thought to be gold.[/QUOTE]
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