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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1103353, member: 5833"]I knew someone was bound to take exception with that statement. As far as I know, most topaz we see in this shade of blue is the result of the stone being treated & it doesn't seem to have been widely used in jewellery until the 60s, earliest. I look at a lot of Victorian & Georgian jewellery. They may have known it, but they were not commonly using it. To me it's a clue to more recent manufacture. If they were 'London' or 'Swiss' blue, I'd date them as even newer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 1103353, member: 5833"]I knew someone was bound to take exception with that statement. As far as I know, most topaz we see in this shade of blue is the result of the stone being treated & it doesn't seem to have been widely used in jewellery until the 60s, earliest. I look at a lot of Victorian & Georgian jewellery. They may have known it, but they were not commonly using it. To me it's a clue to more recent manufacture. If they were 'London' or 'Swiss' blue, I'd date them as even newer.[/QUOTE]
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