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<p>[QUOTE="Dessert58, post: 7893417, member: 78465"][ATTACH=full]424626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424625[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424628[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424627[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]424624[/ATTACH]</p><p>Hello everyone,</p><p>Today I got this beautiful pendant. I bought it online and it came from Italy. It was described as being from the twenties but I have my doubts.</p><p>I believe it could be quite a bit older. To me it looks like a 19th century pendant that might have started life as something else, maybe part of an earring?</p><p>It has had a hard life though. Some of the stones got replaced and part of the gold wire is missing. It might have lost its drop.</p><p>The green stones test very differently. Most test as something harder than glass, one or two that look replaced are only a tad below diamond.</p><p>The loop is 14 carat gold, pendznt itself does not have any markings but tests as silver.</p><p>Can anyone enlighten me on its age, what the stones might be and what could be its original purpose?</p><p>I think I might have started a small collection of colored stones!</p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Dessert58, post: 7893417, member: 78465"][ATTACH=full]424626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424625[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424628[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]424624[/ATTACH] Hello everyone, Today I got this beautiful pendant. I bought it online and it came from Italy. It was described as being from the twenties but I have my doubts. I believe it could be quite a bit older. To me it looks like a 19th century pendant that might have started life as something else, maybe part of an earring? It has had a hard life though. Some of the stones got replaced and part of the gold wire is missing. It might have lost its drop. The green stones test very differently. Most test as something harder than glass, one or two that look replaced are only a tad below diamond. The loop is 14 carat gold, pendznt itself does not have any markings but tests as silver. Can anyone enlighten me on its age, what the stones might be and what could be its original purpose? I think I might have started a small collection of colored stones! :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]
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