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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 438007, member: 2844"]I didn't say anything about the quality.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I am used to ethnic jewellery, and in this case there is not much difference in quality between the jewellery they would have made for themselves and for the tourist trade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Souvenir doesn't necessarily mean bad quality, by the way. It just means it is made so visitors will have a tangible memory of their stay in a place that is foreign to them. The level of quality is up to the maker, and even more importantly, up to the visitor's willingness to buy good or bad quality.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is also a souvenir, but of astounding quality, an antique micro-mosaic set in malachite, onyx and 18k gold:</p><p><img src="https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/j_328/1477073963899/Vatican_Micro_Mosaic_Large_Pin6_l.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/brooches/brooches/victorian-impressive-vatican-city-micro-mosaic-pin-pendant/id-j_2063883/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/brooches/brooches/victorian-impressive-vatican-city-micro-mosaic-pin-pendant/id-j_2063883/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/brooches/brooches/victorian-impressive-vatican-city-micro-mosaic-pin-pendant/id-j_2063883/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 438007, member: 2844"]I didn't say anything about the quality.;) I am used to ethnic jewellery, and in this case there is not much difference in quality between the jewellery they would have made for themselves and for the tourist trade. Souvenir doesn't necessarily mean bad quality, by the way. It just means it is made so visitors will have a tangible memory of their stay in a place that is foreign to them. The level of quality is up to the maker, and even more importantly, up to the visitor's willingness to buy good or bad quality. This is also a souvenir, but of astounding quality, an antique micro-mosaic set in malachite, onyx and 18k gold: [IMG]https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/j_328/1477073963899/Vatican_Micro_Mosaic_Large_Pin6_l.jpg[/IMG] [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/brooches/brooches/victorian-impressive-vatican-city-micro-mosaic-pin-pendant/id-j_2063883/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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