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<p>[QUOTE="Houseful, post: 9656536, member: 1067"]It’s had a hard time, two brackets broken off holding in the stone, lumps of solder. I think it’s gold apart from the pin assembly and was originally a pendant. 40mm long.</p><p>The piece would have to be worn with the pin hinge at the top now though rather than the side to show the forget me not growing upwards. Victorian or older, I can’t make up my mind, I thought maybe it was an Victorian alteration to a brooch from an older pendant, also would anyone know if is this a difficult and expensive repair to have done, the gold is very thin? Thanks for any help.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470450[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Houseful, post: 9656536, member: 1067"]It’s had a hard time, two brackets broken off holding in the stone, lumps of solder. I think it’s gold apart from the pin assembly and was originally a pendant. 40mm long. The piece would have to be worn with the pin hinge at the top now though rather than the side to show the forget me not growing upwards. Victorian or older, I can’t make up my mind, I thought maybe it was an Victorian alteration to a brooch from an older pendant, also would anyone know if is this a difficult and expensive repair to have done, the gold is very thin? Thanks for any help. [ATTACH=full]470442[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470444[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470449[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470450[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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