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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 238836, member: 2844"]I think your jeweller was right. The way the pin is extended so much past the edge of the brooch means that it is probably at least 1890s. And the colour is more like rubies than garnets. </p><p>Very Austro-Hungarian, very nice.</p><p>The Austro-Hungarian empire traded a lot with the Middle East, so Persian turquoise is very likely.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 238836, member: 2844"]I think your jeweller was right. The way the pin is extended so much past the edge of the brooch means that it is probably at least 1890s. And the colour is more like rubies than garnets. Very Austro-Hungarian, very nice. The Austro-Hungarian empire traded a lot with the Middle East, so Persian turquoise is very likely.[/QUOTE]
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