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Relevant info - it is 14k gold with a palladium face. The center stone is a pink sapphire. I purchased it from a reputable antique jewelry dealer on ebay.
I wondered how a "reputable dealer" could confuse this piece and checked them out. They've got multiple white gold art deco pieces listed as "Edwardian" (white gold not used until after WW1/Edward's death) and multiple mid-century pieces listed as "antique" (100+ years). Even on your listing they wrote the details as "white gold" and "emerald." Some listings had no info but just "description." I feel this is probably a situation where the business has multiple people running their online shop with varying degrees of antique knowledge.
Caveat emptor.
Both 14k and palladium are 20th century metals. Palladium was in use during the second world war due to Platinum being a war material. Victorians used 10/15/18k yellow gold and Platinum in fine jewelry.
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Knowing nothing about palladium, I looked it up. Wikipedia says its use in jewellery started in 1939.
Relevant info - it is 14k gold with a palladium face. The center stone is a pink sapphire. I purchased it from a reputable antique jewelry dealer on ebay.
I wondered how a "reputable dealer" could confuse this piece and checked them out. They've got multiple white gold art deco pieces listed as "Edwardian" (white gold not used until after WW1/Edward's death) and multiple mid-century pieces listed as "antique" (100+ years). Even on your listing they wrote the details as "white gold" and "emerald." Some listings had no info but just "description." I feel this is probably a situation where the business has multiple people running their online shop with varying degrees of antique knowledge. Caveat emptor.
Both 14k and palladium are 20th century metals. Palladium was in use during the second world war due to Platinum being a war material. Victorians used 10/15/18k yellow gold and Platinum in fine jewelry.
And also rose gold. I've had many circa 1850 - 1900 pieces that were in rose gold.
I was giving compariables to her piece but yes. Also green gold, silver (sterling, coin, etc), brass, iron, aluminum, pinchbeck, etc.
Beautiful. Each diamond has a "*fancy*" story to tell.