Featured Turquoise gold pendant and pin/brooch

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  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    What can you joolies tell me about these.
    I found them rattling about in the bottom of a strong box I recovered from the latest clearance.

    The fob/pendant is hallmarked on the link but its too worn to ID, the brooch is unmarked, both are gold.

    Is this real turquoise and are those tiny pearls on the brooch.
    There is a possibility they came from Africa in the 1930`s but I have no proof.

    I took the photo`s under artificial lighting the turquoise looks slightly greener than the blue shown.

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  2. daveydempsey

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    Microscope image of the marks.
    Could be Arabic.

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  3. johnnycb09

    johnnycb09 Well-Known Member

    No help really,but the pendant looks art nouveau to me,and the brooch looks a bit more victorian. Is that a mark under that bar,6th pic down?
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Gorgeous, davey.
    They are British, late Victorian, set with Persian turquoise. The style is typical of the period.
    Looks like 9 ct to me, a British mark.;)
     
    Any Jewelry, Mar 8, 2018
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  5. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

    Totally agree with all your saying, AJ:happy::)
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Thanks, kyra. And good morning.:kiss::happy:
     
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  7. daveydempsey

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    Just a scratch Johnny
     
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  8. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Many thanks AJ I can see 9ct with the scope, but with a glass its totally different.
    Persian Turquoise will do for me , do you think real pearls ?
     
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  9. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Very likely. Can you rub them against your teeth or are they too deeply set? It feels gritty if you do.
     
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  10. daveydempsey

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    Yes they are set a bit deep, I`ll clean it first and give it a try, Thanks again.
     
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  11. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Pendant is high Art Nouveau, so late 19th into very early 20th.

    Brooch is earlier: it's a forget me not, typical of Victorian sentimental flower jewellery, 1870s or slightly later.
     
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  12. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I agree. That pin has a bit of an odd safety pin clasp thing going, but it's old. The other is Art Nouveau coming and going. You wouldn't have any trouble selling it if you ever wanted to. Turquoise is always popular and the design is desirable.
     
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  13. daveydempsey

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  14. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Yup, pendant is eighty to one hundred quid all day long.
     
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