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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 560288, member: 2844&quot;]Barn, since you are looking for Austro-Hungarian, just a few examples of typical AH things to look out for. Silver and mostly real stones. Photos of different quality, bad light and shaky hands.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Dangles and garnets, often with turquoise, pearls or mop:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]171069[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Enamel and crosses, the two on the right are silver gilt:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]171071[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Stone clusters, on the left citrine (heat treated amethyst?) and pearls, on the right Central European turquoise. The one on the left is a city piece, on the right is a very rare Transylvanian piece:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]171072[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the backs. AH backs are nearly always nicely decorated, but the Transylvanian one is extremely crude. It is from a specific production line between 1860-1880 for the increased demand for bling by the Transylvanian Saxons. Crude, but highly collectible:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]171073[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>A ring, probably Transylvanian. Silver with traces of gilding, mop and Central European turquoise. One glass cabochon, top left, either replaced or original, in the devil-may-care folk style:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]171074[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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