Featured FINE day charity shopping

Hi folks

had a good day charity shopping today, all items came from the same shop.
wasnt gonna bother going in today as i went in yesterday, but glad i did. bought about 6 items including a nice mcm italian planter, evrything came in under £20

my favourite is the large bird claw brooch(think silver though not marked)
and they screwed right up on the watch

the two other brooches are both marked silver

any info or comments appreciated

 

think the claw might be scottish ? by the pattern on it

 

p.s the lady in the shop said she thought it was from a chicken

 

Agree. Any marks?

 

I wonder if it was originally covered with fuzz/fur, a grouse foot.

 

Hi Aj, no, no marks i can see, looking into it i think it might be an eagles claw

 

Victorian. Grouse. Likely silver. Likely a kilt pin. And lots of similar floating around internet.

Debora

 

So did I. Reminds me of when my grandmother cooked a whole chicken and I mean feet included. Yuckkkk!

 

theres some that do say grouse foot and some that are eagle, so you might be right actually

 

A bit short for a kilt pin, I think. I've never seen grouse foot kilt pins, only grouse foot brooches. Some sellers list them as kilt pins, but that doesn't mean they were intended as such.

 

The pin has a quatrefoil design. (Forgive me if you know the term already.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatrefoil

Used by Van Cleef and Arpels in their Alhambra line of jewelry and (among others) worn by:



Debora

 

https://kimscurios.com/2020/08/11/curious-objects-grouse-claw-kilt-pins/

One internet source. Can't swear that it's reliable.

Debora

 

brilliant, thanks deb i didnt know that and i was wondering

 

blimey, their feet have changed an awful lot !!

 

I’m with aj, and my majority Scottish DNA. These were never kilt pins. The true kilt pin is the safety pin style.

yup, grouse. The victorians were mad for the macabre.

 

the eagle ones do indeed look alot different

 

Good haul Charlie. The RAF brooch is a nice one with the enamel.

 

All lovely apart from the claw which is grotesque. Sorry but blurgh
Does the hall mark on the watch clasp just apply to the clasp or the whole watch?

 

hi mate, its marked 375 on the side of the watch as well, so pretty much all gold

the bracelet is gold as well, looking at similar ones online

16g take away whatever weight the mechanism is