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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 469538, member: 5833&quot;]Not sure my 2 cents on this is worth even 1 cent, but my gut feeling is that there is some sort of symbolism here: the contrast of the angular with the round; the ornate with the plain.&nbsp; In my experience, this brooch construction, with the closed, slightly domed back, is earlier Victorian era.&nbsp; The way it is framed looks like a button for clothing, which also adds to my impression of something worn to signify an affiliation or a belief, from a time before there were the inexpensive pin back &#039;buttons&#039; on which we express these sorts of sentiments now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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