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<p>[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 1463975, member: 5006"]The pearl looks far more better now! Check it doesn't move after the soaking... Back then they were "glued" on a little gold stick with plaster mixed with organic glue which comes soft and dilute in water...</p><p>As pointed by [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER], the few bad looking stones are surely a replacement, others are good rosecut diamonds<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Thinking of the pearl, it may too be a replacement (should have been more flat/button shaped if original<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie38" alt=":cyclops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>Feel your ring is 1880/90, so not cultured pearls then, and... rosecut was still used or... re-used<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 1463975, member: 5006"]The pearl looks far more better now! Check it doesn't move after the soaking... Back then they were "glued" on a little gold stick with plaster mixed with organic glue which comes soft and dilute in water... As pointed by [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER], the few bad looking stones are surely a replacement, others are good rosecut diamonds:) Thinking of the pearl, it may too be a replacement (should have been more flat/button shaped if original:cyclops:) Feel your ring is 1880/90, so not cultured pearls then, and... rosecut was still used or... re-used;)[/QUOTE]
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