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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 270846, member: 2844"]Yes, it looks like a tube hinge. The pin is not too long, so probably early 1900s.</p><p>It is unusual for a bride to wear coral, the coral bead necklace probably indicates what I call a 'coral wearing country'. Of those, we can rule out the Netherlands, it is not a Dutch necklace. Which leaves western and central Mediterranean Europe, and parts of Imperial Russia (including Ukraine). </p><p>This brooch doesn't have a Mediterranean feel. I am leaning towards Imperial Russia, they are very good miniature painters.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 270846, member: 2844"]Yes, it looks like a tube hinge. The pin is not too long, so probably early 1900s. It is unusual for a bride to wear coral, the coral bead necklace probably indicates what I call a 'coral wearing country'. Of those, we can rule out the Netherlands, it is not a Dutch necklace. Which leaves western and central Mediterranean Europe, and parts of Imperial Russia (including Ukraine). This brooch doesn't have a Mediterranean feel. I am leaning towards Imperial Russia, they are very good miniature painters.[/QUOTE]
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