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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 576774, member: 2844&quot;]I don&#039;t think they were ever fashionable in Europe, that was just a bit of a joke because Bronwen had mistaken &#039;pairs&#039; for Paris.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>They would have been bought by French colonials and tourists though, as well as local people of means. They are still bought by collectors.</p><p>I don&#039;t know when they stopped making them. The period generally given is late 19th - early 20th. Without anything to prove the exact date, it is safest to stick to that imo.</p><p>Questions are fine, that is what a forum is for.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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