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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 4509533, member: 33&quot;]Are you asking about the large lump near the hinge? I don&#039;t remember the real name of it, but it looks like what I&#039;ll call a pin guard. Those were used on jewelry, both brooches and stickpins, to keep the pin from slipping out of the clasp end. If that is what you are asking about, you should be able to slide it up and down the pin. It should be able to come off of the pin entirely. The one you have appears to have corrosion on it. And it might be difficult to remove. Those &quot;pin guards&quot; appear in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are actually asking about the clasp itself, that is the part that can be opened and closed at the pin end, and has a little lever action. It looks like yours might be marked 10K? Those were popular in the early 20th century. They were recently mentioned in another post, perhaps in this cameo thread or perhaps in another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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