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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 302277, member: 111"]The cut steel studs are essentially rivets, tapped into the holes in the base - if I recall correctly, pieces with the cut steel being decorative elements on items of gilt metal, mother of pearl, etc. rather than the cut steel covering the entire base were generally from the late 19th century into the early 20th, so 1880s seems fine for dating...</p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 302277, member: 111"]The cut steel studs are essentially rivets, tapped into the holes in the base - if I recall correctly, pieces with the cut steel being decorative elements on items of gilt metal, mother of pearl, etc. rather than the cut steel covering the entire base were generally from the late 19th century into the early 20th, so 1880s seems fine for dating... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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