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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 424245, member: 2844"]The bottom of the agate one looks good. A hollowed out base, that's what we want. It isn't mandatory, but it indicates more attention to detail, and less chance of mass production. </p><p>My guesstimate is that it is antique, but agate can be difficult to date. It looks like the stopper is coral. A very good bottle, and if you can remove the putty junk without damaging anything, that would increase the value.</p><p><br /></p><p>The spoon of the jade one is bone. It is still hard to see the material of the disc. It could be glass, which is often combined with real stones. But ruby sounds nice of course. Shall we settle on ruby glass?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The former owner loved sticking junk on his/her bottles. Maybe scared the bottles fell over and whatever it is stuck it to the shelf?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 424245, member: 2844"]The bottom of the agate one looks good. A hollowed out base, that's what we want. It isn't mandatory, but it indicates more attention to detail, and less chance of mass production. My guesstimate is that it is antique, but agate can be difficult to date. It looks like the stopper is coral. A very good bottle, and if you can remove the putty junk without damaging anything, that would increase the value. The spoon of the jade one is bone. It is still hard to see the material of the disc. It could be glass, which is often combined with real stones. But ruby sounds nice of course. Shall we settle on ruby glass?;) The former owner loved sticking junk on his/her bottles. Maybe scared the bottles fell over and whatever it is stuck it to the shelf?[/QUOTE]
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