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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9611234, member: 2844&quot;]Very regal piece, K.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sure they liked acorns, as do squirrels.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie21" alt=":beaver:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But I think this is a variation on a Luckenbooth type brooch/pendant, not an acorn. There are many variations on the crowned heart across Europe.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, they do. This is not Georgian imo.</p><p><br /></p><p>We do.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Uhmmm, not really.... But it is certainly well made.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have it in hand, I don&#039;t, but from what I see the clasp assembly could be original.</p><p>It looks like some later work was done in the crown area, both the loop and where the crown is soldered on the main body of the piece. I&#039;m sure the crown is original, but it is the most sensitive part of the construction and it may have broken off at some stage.</p><p><br /></p><p>Trying to visualize a true craftsman with a half moon shape....<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie97" alt=":watching:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A non-silver pin was often used, especially in Continental Europe. Check for microscopic marks, you know how those assayers love to make life difficult for us.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/mad.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another indication that it is likely Continental European. Maybe Iberian Peninsula or Italy?</p><p><br /></p><p>Ditto.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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