The piece appears to be handmade/hand crafted depending on what type of casting was used.
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Cockers and boxers have short tails because their long tails were "docked".
Everything worth reproducing/copying from 60 years of Arizona Highways magazine has been made.Many unmarked pieces the "experts" can't say who...
On Ebay "old pawn" is most likely key word spamming,it's only a sales gimmick for the ignorant.Unless the piece is marked with a known maker's...
1/20th is gold filled/gold shell which amounts to over 100 times more gold in the ring than plating by weight.
Does the carving have pyrite in it? A photo means little....both types of the stones can look the same.
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Have the "Tacori" ring tested,their rings are stamped and not the poorly "engraved" names your photos show.
The bottom 2 photos look like the ring was stretched for sizing and has numerous cracks.
The pin hardware was probably made by a findings company in Italy,most jewelry manufactures don't make their own findings.
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