mynattk
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Hi all,
I was recently passed down a couple of antique/vintage rings that originally belonged to my mother-in-law's grandmother ca. 1920s. (Nobody knows how she came to possess them.) This one is rose gold with hand chased yellow gold floral wreath around a bezel set elongated oval aquamarine-colored stone. When my MIL got the ring, the stone was pretty abraded, so she had it polished into a cabochon. It's stamped 10K SB. I'm wondering how to tell if this is an actual gemstone or just a pretty piece of glass. Was it a thing to set glass in gold rings?
Sorry if the photos are huge, I'm on mobile.
![5845B90D-E9BD-47EA-92B7-4A8A32687D82.jpeg 5845B90D-E9BD-47EA-92B7-4A8A32687D82.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/804/804435-eabebab0cfcee42bfcb9e1af530ca299.jpg)
I was recently passed down a couple of antique/vintage rings that originally belonged to my mother-in-law's grandmother ca. 1920s. (Nobody knows how she came to possess them.) This one is rose gold with hand chased yellow gold floral wreath around a bezel set elongated oval aquamarine-colored stone. When my MIL got the ring, the stone was pretty abraded, so she had it polished into a cabochon. It's stamped 10K SB. I'm wondering how to tell if this is an actual gemstone or just a pretty piece of glass. Was it a thing to set glass in gold rings?
Sorry if the photos are huge, I'm on mobile.
![D75EAE9A-350F-421E-B4B6-465B5020508B.jpeg D75EAE9A-350F-421E-B4B6-465B5020508B.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/804/804432-6aca77882ed6da038bee3287c9aeec92.jpg)
![C2C5F3F5-03AF-4222-BCD2-54EFD6C54DF0.jpeg C2C5F3F5-03AF-4222-BCD2-54EFD6C54DF0.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/804/804433-230c3651c7c96551e28575d15841f3b3.jpg)
![5F67AB90-3E32-4BF2-BF1E-19C6F4F06BB7.jpeg 5F67AB90-3E32-4BF2-BF1E-19C6F4F06BB7.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/804/804434-5bd552576d1a56ed44b194a1ae9a98ce.jpg)
![5845B90D-E9BD-47EA-92B7-4A8A32687D82.jpeg 5845B90D-E9BD-47EA-92B7-4A8A32687D82.jpeg](https://www.pricescope.com/community/data/attachments/804/804435-eabebab0cfcee42bfcb9e1af530ca299.jpg)