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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 300146, member: 2844&quot;]It could be new, it could be 30 years old. It is Kuchi, definitely not Yemeni. Yemeni jewellery doesn&#039;t have that abundance of brightly coloured glass, that is very much Afghanistan-Pakistan-India.</p><p>$12 is about the price of Kuchi rings. They rarely contain real silver, and if they do, it is often low grade, some are a &#039;decent&#039; grade.</p><p>The rings on Etsy are listed by someone who knows her stuff, if she says it is high grade, I am inclined to believe it.</p><p>Barn, do you have a silver test set? Here is some info:</p><p><a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/recommendations-for-testing-kits-please.18018/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/recommendations-for-testing-kits-please.18018/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/recommendations-for-testing-kits-please.18018/</a></p><p>Important thing: Never put the acid on the item, use the testing stone.</p><p><br /></p><p>The beads in your link are silver Bedihi style beads, every repoussé detail is handmade and applied individually, not stamped like your ring.</p><p>Yemeni jewellery is usually .833 silver.</p><p>I collect Yemeni jewellery (and a lot of other &#039;old junk&#039;<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />), and have a few Bedihi necklaces, here is one:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]98020[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a detail, including the Bedihi signature. Every bead is signed. As you can see, every decoration is individually made and applied to the sphere:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]98021[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Ethnic jewellery is a very broad subject. If you buy an ethnic piece because you like it and you are OK with the asking price, by all means do. But if you buy to sell, collect, or invest, you have to know something about it. Here is a good forum with a lot of useful information:</p><p><a href="http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/" rel="nofollow">http://ethnicjewels.ning.com/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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