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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dessert58, post: 9436917, member: 78465&quot;][ATTACH=full]437646[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437647[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437648[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]437650[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]437649[/ATTACH] This lovely came to join the collection this week.</p><p>It came from France but its a Croix a la Jeanette from Flanders (ok technically we were part of France till 1830, there is even still a French Flanders in France now, bur lets not dive into that).</p><p>Its 19th century, silver with gold detail, no marks.</p><p>The small senailles (roughly cut diamond chips) are set in a collet setting with a silver foil behind them. All foliage and leaves decorations were hand cut out of a silver sheet.</p><p>There are three parts that can move independently from each other, but you can also find them with more parts or less parts.</p><p>The parts also often got separated over the years and you can find them nowadays as single piece brooches or pendants.</p><p>I have heard other names for them, but here in Flanders we have called them Croix a la Jeanette since at least the first part of the 20th century but probably since their origins.</p><p>Originally it would have had two loops at the back to put a lace or chain trough, but this one was converted into a brooch at some point.</p><p>So till I get a brooch converter or have it changed, I used Kyratango s previous advice to slide a small chain through it and wear it like that.</p><p>In the last picture you can see my other Croix a la Jeanette&#039;s.</p><p>My favorite jewelry is always my latest acquisition.</p><p>So, what do you think of them/it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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