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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 7482215, member: 29&quot;]Ah, Catalunya. So many astonishing designers and makers. Those Masriera pieces are stupendous. I see what you mean about being reminiscent, [USER=2844]@Any Jewelry[/USER] . And agreed on the waves of Revival: I do love David Roberts&#039; works for example. </p><p><br /></p><p>First off, I&#039;m a cheapskate, so twenty five quid is me being extravagant. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; But how could I resist it. (Yes, I KNOW I spent a vast amount on the Georgian rose gold!) </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the scarab has been out of its frame at some point, there&#039;s remnants of old glue for sure. I ain&#039;t gonna fiddle with it. There&#039;s also an internal flaw in the stone, but it only shows under my New Super Duper LED loupe. I&#039;ve got other scarabs with &quot;hieroglyphs&quot; on, they&#039;re generally non Egyptian copies. Bit like how English porcelain companies did &quot;Chinese&quot; character marks which were utter gibberish. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d not call it plique a jour: the enamel is too thick to be translucent, even though the back is open. I love the fact that they took the trouble to enamel the chain even. Screams quality. I&#039;m still undecided on age, but thinking it might predate Carter. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyhow, this chazza. Often, it tries to get silly prices for junque. There&#039;s an old girl who used to frequent local auctions and I think she sometimes &quot;advises&quot; them. Badly. But yesterday, oh, the haul. This thing, a nice butterfly wing brooch in silver, and one of those French white metal town plaque bracelets which I&#039;m partial to. And a piece of very rare Whitefriars. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I actually spent about fifty quid. It&#039;s a hospice shop, so a very good cause. And by some weird coincidence, someone I knew well had died in said hospice the say before. Fanciful, but maybe he was watching out, bless him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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