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<p>[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 413311, member: 267"]It's hard to tell from the image that it is sterling - the back looks suitably old (clasp). I wondered if it was alpaca, but it is marked. </p><p><br /></p><p>I found this <a href="http://Antique Peruvian Silver Tupo Tupu Figural Garment Pin w/ Deer, Dog, Fish & Birds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://Antique Peruvian Silver Tupo Tupu Figural Garment Pin w/ Deer, Dog, Fish & Birds" rel="nofollow">wonderful pin</a> with what looked like similar style animals and metal on ebay (missing the charms) . It's listed as "Peruvian silver," which is another way of saying alpaca (or German silver). Probably you already know all that </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2L8AAOSwpDdVA1rq/s-l400.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In another light, it looks like this</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nO0AAOSwv0tVA1r6/s-l400.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Much different. A number of these are listed as mid-century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="scoutshouse, post: 413311, member: 267"]It's hard to tell from the image that it is sterling - the back looks suitably old (clasp). I wondered if it was alpaca, but it is marked. I found this [URL='http://Antique Peruvian Silver Tupo Tupu Figural Garment Pin w/ Deer, Dog, Fish & Birds']wonderful pin[/URL] with what looked like similar style animals and metal on ebay (missing the charms) . It's listed as "Peruvian silver," which is another way of saying alpaca (or German silver). Probably you already know all that [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2L8AAOSwpDdVA1rq/s-l400.jpg[/IMG] In another light, it looks like this [IMG]https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/nO0AAOSwv0tVA1r6/s-l400.jpg[/IMG] Much different. A number of these are listed as mid-century.[/QUOTE]
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