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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4396132, member: 2844"]It looks like an older Toledo piece to me, not Eibar. With those Art Deco flowers my guess is 1930s.</p><p>The back could have been imported, it looks German to me. German findings manufacturers exported worldwide. The trombone clasp was still used on quality pieces in the 1960s-70s, both in Germany and in Spain. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is not one single Toledo style. Toledo workshops make different styles, and certainly did in the past, before mass tourism. There are more older 'un-Toledo' Toledo pieces out there. </p><p>Below is one of mine, 1920s, with a C-clasp. It has the archetypal Toledo griffin-like beast (just like yours) but some areas are raised. The wing even looks like it is about to fly off.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is evening here, so no great quality but you can see some of the raised areas, unlike modern Toledo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]370987[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Note the wing:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]370988[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4396132, member: 2844"]It looks like an older Toledo piece to me, not Eibar. With those Art Deco flowers my guess is 1930s. The back could have been imported, it looks German to me. German findings manufacturers exported worldwide. The trombone clasp was still used on quality pieces in the 1960s-70s, both in Germany and in Spain. There is not one single Toledo style. Toledo workshops make different styles, and certainly did in the past, before mass tourism. There are more older 'un-Toledo' Toledo pieces out there. Below is one of mine, 1920s, with a C-clasp. It has the archetypal Toledo griffin-like beast (just like yours) but some areas are raised. The wing even looks like it is about to fly off.;) It is evening here, so no great quality but you can see some of the raised areas, unlike modern Toledo: [ATTACH=full]370987[/ATTACH] Note the wing: [ATTACH=full]370988[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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