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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 298655, member: 2844&quot;]Very nice cx. Like the others I love the snake brooch.</p><p>I would leave the eyes as they are, you probably don&#039;t notice it in real life.</p><p>I like the little piqué tortoise shell bee brooch as well, very pretty. Is it real tortoise shell or stained horn?</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, they were made in a mold. Similar ones are still made in molds</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is champlevé, rather than cloisonné. In champlevé the design is either cut out of the metal, or the metal is cast with raised partitions, and filled in with enamel.</p><p>In cloisonné very thin metal strips or wires are soldered onto a metal base. But when a piece is not handmade, you usually don&#039;t use either term, enamelled is fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Scottish brooch is a copy of the classic silver and Cairngorm plaid pins. A favourite souvenir. Cairngorm is name for various stones from the Cairngorm mountains, mostly smoky quartz and citrine.</p><p>These brooches are still being made, some of them with old-fashioned tube hinges, like this one. This is the real McCoy<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.shopify.com%2Fs%2Ffiles%2F1%2F0273%2F1559%2Fproducts%2FLarge-Sterling-Silver-Plaid-Pin-2_grande.jpg%3Fv%3D1483839396&amp;sp=3333e0ddad9ad654339cd6ad9ee523bb" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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