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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 5523743, member: 2844&quot;]Thank you for looking and replying [USER=79367]@lewp[/USER].</p><p><br /></p><p>It is definitely one single piece of glass, made to look like two claws.</p><p>It is deceptive, I realize that. And it is much easier to assess the material when you have it in hand, like I have. Which also helps to see that it is one continuous piece of glass, from left to right, not two.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why they made it is a mystery. Maybe a case of keeping up with the Joneses? &quot;Mrs X has a real trophy brooch, I want one too but my goldsmith doesn&#039;t have access to real claws&quot;? So glass makers came to the rescue of people who wanted to keep up with colonials? Some whys and wherefores we may never know the answer to.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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