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<p>[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 9553262, member: 13823"]Thanks for your input. I should give the background, they are antique, that's why I was interested inn narrowing down the age to a decade or two. Each earring when new had a small urn where the pearls are now. One was lost and there was no way to get a copy or match by purchasing one and I don't know anyone who could carve one (or who would do so for a price I could afford). A great goldsmith copied the good ear wire to make a dupe and we agreed pearls would be acceptable as replacements. Of the 3 removed small urns, two were made into simple drop earrings with gold ball wire tops. </p><p>Now, re: the Silenus of Dragon Quest, I think that if there were a connection the earrings would have a much larger interested audience. Alas, they are about 150 years too old to pass.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Curioser, post: 9553262, member: 13823"]Thanks for your input. I should give the background, they are antique, that's why I was interested inn narrowing down the age to a decade or two. Each earring when new had a small urn where the pearls are now. One was lost and there was no way to get a copy or match by purchasing one and I don't know anyone who could carve one (or who would do so for a price I could afford). A great goldsmith copied the good ear wire to make a dupe and we agreed pearls would be acceptable as replacements. Of the 3 removed small urns, two were made into simple drop earrings with gold ball wire tops. Now, re: the Silenus of Dragon Quest, I think that if there were a connection the earrings would have a much larger interested audience. Alas, they are about 150 years too old to pass.:rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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