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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RachelW, post: 9821840, member: 15376&quot;]I&#039;ll never say no to diamonds! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I wonder if the square one is a husband/beau war keepsake of some kind? It would make sense that the damaged panel is another monogram if so, to be left with the lady.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=22]@daveydempsey[/USER] no writing there, though after a clean something may turn up! On the fence on cleaning this one honestly. I might polish the stones with a Qtip and water and leave it at that.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=36]@evelyb30[/USER] I suppose this is where a gem tester comes in handy! I think I&#039;ll have to get one...</p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the cone: the green gem is in fact a lever to open the bottom, but it sticks so escaped my notice. The twirly thing spins something on the inside that&#039;s long snapped off, just leaving a pathetic bit of metal to spin <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":arghh:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Perhaps the sun is in reference to the Sun King? The figures are really interesting, a lady reposing, a man in a turban type hat, a servant with wine and a servant with wheat. I was wondering about Russian origin, or perhaps middle eastern with the turban? But the crown seems very European...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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