Featured Sterling paste swallow pins

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  1. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    89BF14EA-8731-4764-9774-151FD1B9F69B.jpeg FD8EBAEC-8259-4C2F-8E06-00CAA7B076EB.jpeg 43AE0094-3A94-4917-B7D0-E26843F42AC2.jpeg Hi Everyone,
    I didn’t believe these to be Sterling at first, even though they’re marked. A few pastes missing. :( I guess it has some gold plating or such, but there looks to be some reaction in the photo showing Sterling mark. Anyway, the eye is some enamel not stone. Roll over clasp. Would they be 1940ish? Thank you for looking. :)
     
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  2. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Pretty teenie weenie birdies !:)
    40s seems old to me, I think the rhinestones would have been set, not glued then, and if they are a pair (and not two individuals together), i’d expect differences in pose or size to be harmoniously worn together:)
    Not fully awake now, waiting for others opinion:yawn::)
     
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  3. i need help

    i need help Moderator Moderator

    Ok, Thank you. :) Très Bien!
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    WWII would make sense for a date; US costume makers could get silver when they couldn't get brass. Brass and lead etc were all used in the War effort. Silver wasn't, so sometimes you find costume pieces made of sterling from that era and a bit later.
     
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  5. i need help

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    Thank you! @evelyb30 :)
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Two facing in the same direction would make sense if you wore them together on the same side, like on a lapel. That 'one side' style was also worn in the 30s and 40s.
     
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  7. i need help

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    Thank you, @Any Jewelry ! It didn’t make much sense to me why there were 2 the same. :)
     
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  8. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    If you google "scatter pins," you'll find a lot of two piece sets with identical pieces and a lot with slightly different pieces.
     
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  9. i need help

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    Great, Thank you, @Jivvy :)
     
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  10. Figtree3

    Figtree3 What would you do if you weren't afraid?

    Pretty little things! I'm not sure whether they are swallows, but that does as well as anything else. They might even be "fantasy birds."
     
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