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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 617209, member: 2844&quot;]I don&#039;t know if the date is correct, I still think it is older than 1890.</p><p>What she said about garnet gold is incorrect, and it looks pretty silvery for garnet gold, which is just as yellow as higher caratages.</p><p>She wrote: &quot;<i>Handmade in “garnet gold” – low-carat gold of about three or four carats&quot;</i></p><p>Garnet gold is a standard .250, so 6 carats. The Bohemians were more strict in their fineness control than some other Austro-Hungarian regions, so 3-4 carats for garnet gold was simply not accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a Bohemian ca 1900 pendant in 6 carat garnet gold, it is the usual yellow gold colour. The chain is a 9 carat later addition, it is the same colour:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]180718[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]180719[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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