Posted by JohnPete on December 24, 2012, 3:03 pm, in reply to "Re: Great work! "
Maybe it is only silver, as has been suggested. In which case, Marie might have thought it not precious enough to require storage in Russia.
--Previous Message-- : Do we really know exactly what she sent? : Maybe she held back some smaller pieces. : Maybe this piece was bought by a family : member at a later point and given to Irina. : Could be a copy (since jewelers often kept : records of their designs). :