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<p>[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 4259737, member: 147"]Looks like a 60s-70s victorian revival costume piece. Stone is probably glass but could be plastic. Here is how to tell, and no, I'm not kidding... Tap the stone on your front teeth, then tap a known piece of glass and a known piece of plastic. You <i>will</i> <i>feel the difference!</i></p><p><br /></p><p>The small pink stones look like rhinestones, and they are glued in, so that reinforces costume.</p><p><br /></p><p>Japanned is what metal that is blackened is called.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 4259737, member: 147"]Looks like a 60s-70s victorian revival costume piece. Stone is probably glass but could be plastic. Here is how to tell, and no, I'm not kidding... Tap the stone on your front teeth, then tap a known piece of glass and a known piece of plastic. You [I]will[/I] [I]feel the difference![/I] The small pink stones look like rhinestones, and they are glued in, so that reinforces costume. Japanned is what metal that is blackened is called.[/QUOTE]
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