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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 459544, member: 2844"]It is a lovely necklace, kdj.</p><p>Hand serrated bezels are also seen on later Zuni and SW jewellery, but the necklace looks 1950s to me.</p><p>If you still have the stone, you can put it back in by gently pushing the serrated part out, and back in after you've put in the stone. Always be gentle with the silver, and use a cloth to protect it if you feel you need to use pliers etc.</p><p>If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, have a skilled person do it. Make sure they don't overpolish it after. No need for that at all. I would recommend a regular clean to remove tarnish and dirt, which you can do yourself.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is often seen in older Zuni pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most are made in the Philppines, although Thailand and Turkey have also been manufacturing fake SW NA jewellery for some time.</p><p>The Turkish replica jewellery industry is expanding, and pieces made as replicas are not marked as such. So they end up in the fakes circuit. They manufacture different styles, whatever sells. I see more and more Turkish made 'antique Yemenite' and 'antique Uzbek' as well.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 459544, member: 2844"]It is a lovely necklace, kdj. Hand serrated bezels are also seen on later Zuni and SW jewellery, but the necklace looks 1950s to me. If you still have the stone, you can put it back in by gently pushing the serrated part out, and back in after you've put in the stone. Always be gentle with the silver, and use a cloth to protect it if you feel you need to use pliers etc. If you don't feel comfortable doing it yourself, have a skilled person do it. Make sure they don't overpolish it after. No need for that at all. I would recommend a regular clean to remove tarnish and dirt, which you can do yourself. That is often seen in older Zuni pieces. Most are made in the Philppines, although Thailand and Turkey have also been manufacturing fake SW NA jewellery for some time. The Turkish replica jewellery industry is expanding, and pieces made as replicas are not marked as such. So they end up in the fakes circuit. They manufacture different styles, whatever sells. I see more and more Turkish made 'antique Yemenite' and 'antique Uzbek' as well.[/QUOTE]
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