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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ownedbybear, post: 9529006, member: 29&quot;]I missed the question! </p><p><br /></p><p>The first one, why is it older? The hinge for one thing is early. But the whole thing smells Georgian. It’s very finely made, if you look at it and compare with the two later pieces. That back is crafted properly and it was made as effectively a precious jewel to show off the black dot. Said stone was, of course, meant to be seen under candlelight. The look and cut of the stones is early too. And it’s silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>that’s not to denigrate the second brooch or the buckle, but they were made when jewellery was being sold more to the masses, as it were. Rhinestones were more available and way cheaper. They’re brighter and mass cut too, not hand. It’s a partly stamped out brass back and the hinge is late nineteenth at the very earliest. I’ve seen a great many of these and own a few, likewise the buckles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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