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<p>[QUOTE="Simona Buhus, post: 4471984, member: 17467"]Hi,</p><p>Funnily, I was able to remove the metal top, looks like a big space there. It looks like it has some white metal underneath, and the back is heavily gold plated, it is a thick layer of gold applied on top of a white metal… I have tested it, it does not react like normal silver, but it has some silver traces, maybe a low grade silver. The box that comes on top, looks like a lid to me, it’s made of a yellow metal, not gold, not silver. What a combination!</p><p>I have searched further and it looks some similar brooches are Georgian some are Victorian, how could someone with no trained eye make the difference ? What would make this brooch Georgian?</p><p>I also attach the other brooch I have, that fits perfectly your description of mourning brooch with glass on top.</p><p>Thank you.</p><p>Kind regards,</p><p>Simona</p><p>[ATTACH=full]387241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]387242[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]387243[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Simona Buhus, post: 4471984, member: 17467"]Hi, Funnily, I was able to remove the metal top, looks like a big space there. It looks like it has some white metal underneath, and the back is heavily gold plated, it is a thick layer of gold applied on top of a white metal… I have tested it, it does not react like normal silver, but it has some silver traces, maybe a low grade silver. The box that comes on top, looks like a lid to me, it’s made of a yellow metal, not gold, not silver. What a combination! I have searched further and it looks some similar brooches are Georgian some are Victorian, how could someone with no trained eye make the difference ? What would make this brooch Georgian? I also attach the other brooch I have, that fits perfectly your description of mourning brooch with glass on top. Thank you. Kind regards, Simona [ATTACH=full]387241[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]387242[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]387243[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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