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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 436868, member: 5833"]Hi Ashley, The cameos are both glass. The second I know to be Czech; it is quite likely the first is also. This does not mean the brooches were assembled in Czechoslovakia. The cameos were exported widely for use as elements in costume jewellery made all over. Edgar Berebi used the lady with her birds & gave her a fanciful name:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]153361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153362[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Yours are both black; I would not characterize either of them as mourning jewellery, so not sure which one you mean. But the second has the pin running left to right when the lady is right side up, suggesting she is not the original occupant of the setting. If you are right handed, as most women are, you will realize that having to use your left hand to pin on a brooch is an awkward business. Guessing the clasp is in the locked position when the hasp is rolled up rather than down? Looks as though each of the rhinestone clusters is missing at least one stone.</p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt you could get much at all for either one, although you really never know. But either would look great on a winter coat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 436868, member: 5833"]Hi Ashley, The cameos are both glass. The second I know to be Czech; it is quite likely the first is also. This does not mean the brooches were assembled in Czechoslovakia. The cameos were exported widely for use as elements in costume jewellery made all over. Edgar Berebi used the lady with her birds & gave her a fanciful name: [ATTACH=full]153361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]153362[/ATTACH] Yours are both black; I would not characterize either of them as mourning jewellery, so not sure which one you mean. But the second has the pin running left to right when the lady is right side up, suggesting she is not the original occupant of the setting. If you are right handed, as most women are, you will realize that having to use your left hand to pin on a brooch is an awkward business. Guessing the clasp is in the locked position when the hasp is rolled up rather than down? Looks as though each of the rhinestone clusters is missing at least one stone. I doubt you could get much at all for either one, although you really never know. But either would look great on a winter coat.[/QUOTE]
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