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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9495482, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">This weekend was VERY fruitful. I've really got to stop spending but I did get some really good bits! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> How to stop??</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Anyway, first up a group photo cause why not!</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447495[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">First up the very pretty flower brooch, marked <i>'Tcechoslovakie'</i>, which is odd since that's the French spelling...? Anyway, its very cute and I'm working on cleaning it up.</p> <p style="text-align: center">Am I right to put this at the 20s? I saw mostly 20s in other pieces, specifically with that blue bead, but some went were listed as 30s as well.</p> <p style="text-align: center">I love the twisted frame!</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447496[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447498[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I absolutely adore the snail, its not missing a single stone and its beautifully made. This thing is HEAVY. Its marked Carven, which by the looks of things would pay for all the weekend's purchases and then some. But I'm not sure I can part with it just yet <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447500[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447501[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I can't quite decide which is my favorite, but the stork is a strong contender. I got it for its age and beauty, but another week, another sneaky mark! This time not so sneaky, I'm just horribly unobservant. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> This time its the French boars head for .800 silver, and another mark that looks almost empty its stamped so badly/tinyly. I shan't ruin my vision searching for it through the loupe haha.</p> <p style="text-align: center">But LOOK at it!! I love it.</p> <p style="text-align: center">I'm guessing Art Nouveau? But Victorian or Edwardian AN is the question. I'm a sucker for details haha[ATTACH=full]447502[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447503[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Its got some old thread in the hinge, is there anything interesting behind this or is it just there?</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]447508[/ATTACH] </p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9495482, member: 15376"][CENTER]This weekend was VERY fruitful. I've really got to stop spending but I did get some really good bits! :hilarious: How to stop?? Anyway, first up a group photo cause why not! [ATTACH=full]447495[/ATTACH] First up the very pretty flower brooch, marked [I]'Tcechoslovakie'[/I], which is odd since that's the French spelling...? Anyway, its very cute and I'm working on cleaning it up. Am I right to put this at the 20s? I saw mostly 20s in other pieces, specifically with that blue bead, but some went were listed as 30s as well. I love the twisted frame! [ATTACH=full]447496[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]447498[/ATTACH] I absolutely adore the snail, its not missing a single stone and its beautifully made. This thing is HEAVY. Its marked Carven, which by the looks of things would pay for all the weekend's purchases and then some. But I'm not sure I can part with it just yet :rolleyes: [ATTACH=full]447500[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]447501[/ATTACH] I can't quite decide which is my favorite, but the stork is a strong contender. I got it for its age and beauty, but another week, another sneaky mark! This time not so sneaky, I'm just horribly unobservant. :hilarious: This time its the French boars head for .800 silver, and another mark that looks almost empty its stamped so badly/tinyly. I shan't ruin my vision searching for it through the loupe haha. But LOOK at it!! I love it. I'm guessing Art Nouveau? But Victorian or Edwardian AN is the question. I'm a sucker for details haha[ATTACH=full]447502[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]447503[/ATTACH] Its got some old thread in the hinge, is there anything interesting behind this or is it just there? [ATTACH=full]447508[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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