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<p>[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 905722, member: 5006"]A pretty lady I just got for 35£ <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I love Victorian swivel brooches, specially if there is some hair work in them<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one, pinckbeck, 4cm by 3.4cm or 1.5/8" by 1.7/16" shows a pleasant cameo, I thought the rather moldy back was woven brown hair... a ribbon decor was replaced at some time, it isn't engraved... (kyratisation project?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />)[ATTACH=full]200551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]200552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]200553[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]200554[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Once open, I found it was brown fabric, glued on a cardboard and the cameo had a scratched illegible (impossible to get a clear pic<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie19" alt=":banghead:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) signature, and Byne disease...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]200555[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Good wash, soaked in luke warm water, rub the white stuff and oiled back of cameo.</p><p>Little rub with my Chinese wax on the front and here she is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kyratango, post: 905722, member: 5006"]A pretty lady I just got for 35£ :joyful: I love Victorian swivel brooches, specially if there is some hair work in them:) This one, pinckbeck, 4cm by 3.4cm or 1.5/8" by 1.7/16" shows a pleasant cameo, I thought the rather moldy back was woven brown hair... a ribbon decor was replaced at some time, it isn't engraved... (kyratisation project?:rolleyes:)[ATTACH=full]200551[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]200552[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]200553[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]200554[/ATTACH] Once open, I found it was brown fabric, glued on a cardboard and the cameo had a scratched illegible (impossible to get a clear pic:banghead:) signature, and Byne disease... [ATTACH=full]200555[/ATTACH] Good wash, soaked in luke warm water, rub the white stuff and oiled back of cameo. Little rub with my Chinese wax on the front and here she is :happy:[/QUOTE]
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