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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucille.b, post: 219942, member: 51&quot;]I think this might be Victorian.&nbsp; With my recent obsession of everything saphiret, I recall seeing a couple of Victorian saphiret butterfly pins while researching that had a similar mechanism to this one.&nbsp; (Only one claw though, not two.)&nbsp; I think that they were called &quot;Lace pins&quot;.&nbsp; Not sure why, seems like it would tear lace to shreds, but I saw &quot;lace pin&quot; on two different auctions with this pincher type mechanism but may have been referring to something else.</p><p><br /></p><p>You need to go to the last photo to see the back of the brooch:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victorian-Antique-Saphiret-Butterfly-Pin-Brooch-/262755347102?hash=item3d2d706a9e%3Ag%3Ak70AAOSwal5YIeQU&amp;nma=true&amp;si=P57zSAnwVoTYOwklZs7cwdKW8eI%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victorian-Antique-Saphiret-Butterfly-Pin-Brooch-/262755347102?hash=item3d2d706a9e%3Ag%3Ak70AAOSwal5YIeQU&amp;nma=true&amp;si=P57zSAnwVoTYOwklZs7cwdKW8eI%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/Victorian-Antique-Saphiret-Butterfly-Pin-Brooch-/262755347102?hash=item3d2d706a9e:g:k70AAOSwal5YIeQU&amp;nma=true&amp;si=P57zSAnwVoTYOwklZs7cwdKW8eI%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc&amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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