Featured Nice brooches from yesterday....

You're not, believe me.

 

This forum is wonderful but it makes one realise how much there is to learn!.

 

I still learn every day, thanks to the passion and thorough research of so many members.

 

Most of us come in here looking for "That Old Fart who knows everything about (subject)" only to realize some folks think we are the Old Fart.

I was born with a Strobismus and add in the MS and big weather changes and.... eyesight goes a little wonky.

 

I think it's the French queen. Fleur de lis. It remains to find out who she is!

 

Very similar!

 

That's it!

I think you're spot on and I had something Austrian or thereabouts in my head.

 

Whoever she is, does she have marks on her behind?

 

I squinted. Not marks, just where the embossed necklace shows on the back.

 

I assumed you'd looked carefully, but given all the luck people have been having here lately thought it might just be my day to spot something the experts had missed. It'll happen one day...

 

Multiple eyes are VERY useful!

 

As I recall she wasn't too well-liked at the time (no babies for a long time didn't help); she's probably happier as a pin. No one's dissing her now!

 

Sometimes I’ve only seen a mark when I’ve taken a photo but more often @i need help spots one that I’ve missed

 

The Portuguese are notorious for hiding marks, and some other countries followed suit. The Brits meanwhile often put the mark smack on the outside. That might help you British buyers when the seller can't find the marks and sells something as costume!

 

There can be much heavy breathing sometimes.

 

It has always been clear to me that hidden tiny silvermarks were already known in biblical times:

"there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
(Matthew 8:12)

Or maybe they were referring to painter's signatures?

 

Or those daft jewellery designers who think using a diamond shape in their logo is a good idea, or any other word that gives you a million google hits

 

Which all leads to a lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth.

 

Renting of clothing, even.

 

Absolutely.