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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 4452206, member: 29"]I can see your point on the dangles, given the back is better finished. Earring backs would be visible, not so the brooch back. If they were added to the main brooch, it was done a long time ago and very well. The frames do match, so it was probably part of a parure. </p><p><br /></p><p>For a UK sale, I'd leave it be. The cost of converting back would be high: you'd have to find a jeweller who was careful not to heat the turquoise for a start. And historical alterations go quite well here. </p><p><br /></p><p>You could always run it past Tooveys.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 4452206, member: 29"]I can see your point on the dangles, given the back is better finished. Earring backs would be visible, not so the brooch back. If they were added to the main brooch, it was done a long time ago and very well. The frames do match, so it was probably part of a parure. For a UK sale, I'd leave it be. The cost of converting back would be high: you'd have to find a jeweller who was careful not to heat the turquoise for a start. And historical alterations go quite well here. You could always run it past Tooveys.[/QUOTE]
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