Hi all, I enjoy reading many of your posts, but since I am not a
metalsmith or beader, I just read. I am a buyer and seller of
jewelry. I recently acquired a piece of carved Chinese turquoise. The
gold wirework looks like it was fired or pickled & intentionally not
repolished. I would like opinions from as many of you as possible
about whether I should leave it as is, or have it polished out. Here
is the link: http://home1.gte.net/res05e35/ChineseTurq&Dia.jpg
It is marked & tested 14K & may be a Tiffany custom piece. My
jeweller wants to polish it…I am not so sure that won’t alter the
intent of the artist & greatly change the appearance. The bvright
gold will leap out I think. Private reponses please since I don’t
want to clutter the list about this. Thanks…
Sande