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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9537791, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">Well I'm quite tired now after galavanting around the forums this evening, but its been a very good thrifting day!</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I have MANY questions about this little brooch. It so badly wants to be Napoleon III (1850-90), but perhaps my inexpert eyes are getting in my way.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Here's my observations, correct away as you see fit!</p> <p style="text-align: center">Very light, with stamped (?) metal, so mass produced?</p> <p style="text-align: center">Seed pearl, but haphazardly mouted</p> <p style="text-align: center">Hardware/pin length are right, and of good quality, but that clasp looks awfully shiny and new looking (not as visible on the pics, but there's a clear difference between it and the pin and hinge)</p> <p style="text-align: center">The clasp is stamped with a makers mark by the looks of things, but the name plate on the back wasn't done in those days, isn't that a sign of a 20th century piece? I thought pre 1900 pieces would have stamps, not plates.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Here's the kicker, there are many similar pieces with the FIX plate on the back, and all of the listings describe it as Nap III (hence my mention) and gold plated. What is to be learned here?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]453120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453132[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453135[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]453136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453140[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">TYIA!</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9537791, member: 15376"][CENTER]Well I'm quite tired now after galavanting around the forums this evening, but its been a very good thrifting day! I have MANY questions about this little brooch. It so badly wants to be Napoleon III (1850-90), but perhaps my inexpert eyes are getting in my way. Here's my observations, correct away as you see fit! Very light, with stamped (?) metal, so mass produced? Seed pearl, but haphazardly mouted Hardware/pin length are right, and of good quality, but that clasp looks awfully shiny and new looking (not as visible on the pics, but there's a clear difference between it and the pin and hinge) The clasp is stamped with a makers mark by the looks of things, but the name plate on the back wasn't done in those days, isn't that a sign of a 20th century piece? I thought pre 1900 pieces would have stamps, not plates. Here's the kicker, there are many similar pieces with the FIX plate on the back, and all of the listings describe it as Nap III (hence my mention) and gold plated. What is to be learned here? [ATTACH=full]453120[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453132[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453135[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]453136[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]453140[/ATTACH] TYIA![/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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