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<p>[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 2850548, member: 76086"]The first item appears to be Egyptian alabaster but it shows modern machine marks on the rim. Looks like a fake coin obviously glued in (this is very common with genuine ancient rings, but with modern gems set in and glued. They are usually pretty obvious).</p><p><br /></p><p>The second item appears to be ivory (and could be I suppose) but the artwork is pure fantasy. Neither item is old.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ken Dorney, post: 2850548, member: 76086"]The first item appears to be Egyptian alabaster but it shows modern machine marks on the rim. Looks like a fake coin obviously glued in (this is very common with genuine ancient rings, but with modern gems set in and glued. They are usually pretty obvious). The second item appears to be ivory (and could be I suppose) but the artwork is pure fantasy. Neither item is old.[/QUOTE]
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