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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 647647, member: 2844"]In antiquity people wore rings on several fingers, pinky rings too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I agree. The verdigris looks artificial to me, acid treated. True antique bronzes don't have a surface layer, they have a complex deep layering of patina in different shades. The patina is inside the bronze, if that makes sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>BMRT, I know you didn't know exactly what you were buying, so I am not blaming you at all. But I tend to stay away from all these Byzantine, Roman, Viking etc rings, pretty though they are. Even if they are cheap. I just don't want to support that kind of thing. I'd rather buy an honest museum replica, preferably marked as such.</p><p>Imitating and faking is of all ages, but you wouldn't believe the 'antiquity fakes' industry that has come up in the last few decades. Seems like you can't have an auction these days without fake antiquity jewellery and glass.</p><p><br /></p><p>Dirty fingernails.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie102" alt=":yuck:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Nailpolish that clashes with the colour of the item in such a way you don't even know what you're looking at, like hot fuchsia nailpolish with salmon coral.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie39" alt=":dead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 647647, member: 2844"]In antiquity people wore rings on several fingers, pinky rings too. I agree. The verdigris looks artificial to me, acid treated. True antique bronzes don't have a surface layer, they have a complex deep layering of patina in different shades. The patina is inside the bronze, if that makes sense. BMRT, I know you didn't know exactly what you were buying, so I am not blaming you at all. But I tend to stay away from all these Byzantine, Roman, Viking etc rings, pretty though they are. Even if they are cheap. I just don't want to support that kind of thing. I'd rather buy an honest museum replica, preferably marked as such. Imitating and faking is of all ages, but you wouldn't believe the 'antiquity fakes' industry that has come up in the last few decades. Seems like you can't have an auction these days without fake antiquity jewellery and glass. Dirty fingernails.:yuck::yuck::yuck: Nailpolish that clashes with the colour of the item in such a way you don't even know what you're looking at, like hot fuchsia nailpolish with salmon coral.:wacky::dead:[/QUOTE]
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