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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 293836, member: 2844&quot;]Thanks, I love it.</p><p>I have two Japanese damascene necklaces with the same bottom pendant, they have been appraised as 1890-1900.</p><p>This technique was originally used for decorations on Samurai swords. After 1868 the Samurai weren&#039;t allowed to carry swords, and the shakudo and damascene craftsmen started to make jewellery. From 1885 settings for the plaques were commissioned in Germany. In the 20th century the Japanese made their own settings, but it looks like this necklace has the old German ones.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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