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<p>[QUOTE="MaJa, post: 3629041, member: 14649"]The sugar bowl and the buttons seem to be the "jewellery" in the above given link by [USER=56]@moreotherstuff[/USER]. </p><p>The earlist piece of platinum jewellery I know date around 1890-1900; by ca. 1910 the use of platinum increased so much that the price of the metal had increased 6-7 fold. That's why white gold was invented and took off so quickly, it was cheaper than platinum (back then) and easier to work with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MaJa, post: 3629041, member: 14649"]The sugar bowl and the buttons seem to be the "jewellery" in the above given link by [USER=56]@moreotherstuff[/USER]. The earlist piece of platinum jewellery I know date around 1890-1900; by ca. 1910 the use of platinum increased so much that the price of the metal had increased 6-7 fold. That's why white gold was invented and took off so quickly, it was cheaper than platinum (back then) and easier to work with.[/QUOTE]
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