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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9493747, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome [USER=82005]@ILovePurple[/USER] .</p><p>A lovely brooch. The berries are natural blister pearls that are still on the mother of pearl.</p><p><br /></p><p>Australia has an important history of mother of pearl manufacture, specifically on the Torres Strait Islands (in the north, between mainland Australia and New Guinea).</p><p>This brooch wouldn&#039;t have been made in the Torres Strait, but the MOP was likely sourced there and sent to one of the cities to be made into jewellery. I can see why such a special piece of MOP with blisters would end up as jewellery.</p><p><br /></p><p>The extra little safety chain+pin also suggests antique.</p><p>Could you post a photo of the back please?</p><p><br /></p><p>Blister pearls on MOP are lovely, but they aren&#039;t very valuable, maybe that is what some people tried to tell her.</p><p>The value would be mostly in the gold, which is 9ct. Not very high, but often used in Australia, so perfectly fine. We don&#039;t do values, but if you post a picture of the back we can tell you a bit more.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/brooch-png.447119/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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