Featured Chinese Sterling Filigree & Enamel Brooch with Brown Jade?

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  1. Curioser

    Curioser Well-Known Member

    I've seen many of these sterling filigree brooches from China, many marked but this one is not. (This does test as sterling.) The center stone with bamboo carving almost looks like tortoise shell but it tests in the jade range on my gem tester. It is slightly translucent. I couldn't find any brown jade online. Is there another gem that would test as jade? This is not smoky quartz unless my tester is wonky as it's above that range.

    And, is there a name for this style of filigree brooch Chinese_SS_Filigree_enamel_brown_jade_brooch_1.JPG Chinese_SS_Filigree_enamel_brown_jade_brooch_2.JPG Chinese_SS_Filigree_enamel_brown_jade_brooch_3.JPG with enamel borders and a carved center stone? Thanks!
     
  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    brown jade is a real thing..
     
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  3. laura9797

    laura9797 Well-Known Member

    Is it tigers eye?
     
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  4. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Nice Chinese Export Silver brooch, Curioser.
    The silver is probably not sterling, but more likely somewhere in the .800 range.
    Jade can come in just about any colour, including various shades of brown.:happy:
    The maker mounted the stone upside down.:playful:
    Chinese Export Silver. You can add filigree, cloisonné, and jade of course.
     
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  5. Chinoiserie

    Chinoiserie Well-Known Member

    Plique a jour perhaps...
     
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  6. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    The enamel is all backed, so there is no plique-à-jour on this brooch.
     
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  7. Curioser

    Curioser Well-Known Member

    Not tiger's eye since it's translucent and has no banding.

    My acid test yielded the results I get when I test marked sterling.

    I did notice the upside-down orientation of the bamboo, can't do anything about that, bummer! Well, I guess I have that 1 in a 1000 with an odd color jade. Thanks to you all!
     
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