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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Barn Owl, post: 403365, member: 4864&quot;]Thank you! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /> I love learning more about this kind of stuff. </p><p><br /></p><p>The third picture shows the cardboard-like backing of the brooch. I think there might have originally been a metal one, since the cardboard seems out of place and kind of wedged in there. Some reddish resin or paint was applied to part of the cardboard to mimic the color of the shell, so that it would further conceal the missing piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>How old do you suppose there are? I guessed that the shell one was from the late 1800s while the black one was around 1920s-1930s. What do you think?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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