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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RachelW, post: 9824523, member: 15376&quot;]Nothing like a bit of dubious activity to spice up life lol! I had thought I&#039;d made it clear I wanted an evaluation/appraisal before meeting, and asked for prices, but with the language difference I wasn&#039;t able to communicate it effectively in person. I wanted it authenticated in case I did sell, but the most he gave me was neither are french, and he didn&#039;t disagree to 17th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lady who tested the gems was SO nice, and another member of staff and a previous customer oogled them as they deserved. Definitely will return to her if need be!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thats true, and not something I&#039;d noticed. I assumed that because of the minute scale the representations were not as detailed. To be honest the crown of pearls and diamonds is far more french looking than german imo, but I only have wikipedia images to go off of.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anddd we&#039;re back on the clock theory! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie99" alt=":woot:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Thank you so much for looking! I had looked at clocks before, but I searched 18th century ones and was looking for clocks that had boxes on them, not thinking they could really be the clock themselves. Great idea about the cloth inside, it definitely could not be original, even if 200 years old. Rather makes me wonder if there&#039;s a makers mark underneath, not that I&#039;ll be finding out!</p><p><br /></p><p>Amazing that there are so many similarities, brass, identical feet, style, decor etc. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d like to message Sotheby&#039;s about this, but for a valuation they want a category...the problem is we only have theories! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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