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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10404090, member: 2844"]It looks like serpentine to me. The subject of the carving is nice, and appropriate for the year of the tiger.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Unfortunately the shoulders and base are crudely finished.</p><p>By contrast the stopper is very nice, I haven't seen that scroll setting before. I wonder if stopper and spoon are gilded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 10404090, member: 2844"]It looks like serpentine to me. The subject of the carving is nice, and appropriate for the year of the tiger.;) Unfortunately the shoulders and base are crudely finished. By contrast the stopper is very nice, I haven't seen that scroll setting before. I wonder if stopper and spoon are gilded.[/QUOTE]
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