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<p>[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9575511, member: 15376"]<p style="text-align: center">These are the questionable items I have procured from the lots. Some will be for my collection, some will go towards making back the purchase price.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">First up, this set of brooches. I've found identical examples of the mini mosaic with slight color variations as vintage grand tour esque italian made. What sort of age are we looking at with the black flower, and what sort of material? When the hinge isn't a T but the pin sticks out, is that 1900-1920ish?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461041[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461042[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461043[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461044[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The large brooch is very interesting. Its some sort of plastic, you can see through to the otherside of the rhinestone in one area. The inlay is metal of some kind, I wondered if silver is a possibility? And the red beads, plastic or coral? Annoyingly, the pin is too short and so the brooch cannot be fastened, but its a fascinating piece none the less.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]461045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461046[/ATTACH] </p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">One of the lots came with these 3 watch chains, my question is about their age. I was reading up a little on spring or ring clasps for necklaces, and found these looked like the victorian variety.[ATTACH=full]461047[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461055[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461057[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Why are my photos so blurry <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RachelW, post: 9575511, member: 15376"][CENTER]These are the questionable items I have procured from the lots. Some will be for my collection, some will go towards making back the purchase price. First up, this set of brooches. I've found identical examples of the mini mosaic with slight color variations as vintage grand tour esque italian made. What sort of age are we looking at with the black flower, and what sort of material? When the hinge isn't a T but the pin sticks out, is that 1900-1920ish? [ATTACH=full]461041[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461042[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461043[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461044[/ATTACH] The large brooch is very interesting. Its some sort of plastic, you can see through to the otherside of the rhinestone in one area. The inlay is metal of some kind, I wondered if silver is a possibility? And the red beads, plastic or coral? Annoyingly, the pin is too short and so the brooch cannot be fastened, but its a fascinating piece none the less. [ATTACH=full]461045[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461046[/ATTACH] One of the lots came with these 3 watch chains, my question is about their age. I was reading up a little on spring or ring clasps for necklaces, and found these looked like the victorian variety.[ATTACH=full]461047[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461054[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]461055[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]461057[/ATTACH] Why are my photos so blurry :confused:[/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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