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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 9514554, member: 29"]The crack is called an annealing shear. It results from a weight not being cooled down slowly enough and can show up many years later. It can even split a weight in two. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree those are mostly Chinese, nothing wrong with that. The dated one looks right, and would be worth having professionally polished. Millefiori might be Fratelli Toso.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 9514554, member: 29"]The crack is called an annealing shear. It results from a weight not being cooled down slowly enough and can show up many years later. It can even split a weight in two. I agree those are mostly Chinese, nothing wrong with that. The dated one looks right, and would be worth having professionally polished. Millefiori might be Fratelli Toso.[/QUOTE]
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