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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 12156167, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome Alena.</p><p>It is a nice folk ring from the Caucasus region. The region has historic ties with the Ottoman empire, so that is where chatGPT probably got it from.</p><p>Stones in this type of ring are often glass, but you can have it tested by a jeweller if you want to be sure.</p><p>The metal is a low fineness silver alloy, probably below 50%. You can also have that tested to be sure. </p><p>The black decoration is called niello, it contains silver oxide. Silver with niello is used a lot in the Caucasus region, especially in Dagestan. It is also used in some other parts of the world, but the Caucasus is the prime region for silver with niello.</p><p>Folk jewellery can be difficult to date, my guess is the ring dates from the 1920s or 1930s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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