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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Rene_R, post: 9481265, member: 81814&quot;]Thanks!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, I don&#039;t know more about the objects than what&#039;s given in my original post. In particular, I know neither when they were made, nor where; just that they belonged to a diamond merchant from London, who intended to sell them to Egypt.</p><p><br /></p><p>One detail that could be important: The thief was German, and gave the earrings to a pawnbroker, telling him he had just arrived in England (a lie). I suppose the jewellery can&#039;t have looked like something that was obviously brand new and produced in England, otherwise the pawnbroker may not have believed him?</p><p><br /></p><p>They could have been Victorian; or imports from Europe. I don&#039;t get the impression that they were very old.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it helps to narrow it down, let&#039;s assume (for the moment) that they were indeed early Victorian.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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