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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lizjewel, post: 2006291, member: 13874&quot;][USER=29]@Ownedbybear[/USER] This hinge and clasp is used to this day by jewelry crafters. However, you&#039;re right about it being an earlier style. It was also a cheaper style. In Europe, France especially, the <i>trombone clasp </i>was introduced already in fine jewelry way before the end of the 19th century. The <i>ball safety clasp</i> was introduced by B.A. Ballou in the late 1800s; the company itself is America&#039;s oldest, founded in 1860. The ball safety clasp was initially only used in precious jewelry. Some </p><p><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/mirshe/barton-ballou-family-jewelry-1860-1920s/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pinterest.com/mirshe/barton-ballou-family-jewelry-1860-1920s/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pinterest.com/mirshe/barton-ballou-family-jewelry-1860-1920s/</a></p><p>If forced to guess a date when the brooch discussed was made I&#039;d say between 1910 and 1925. The styling is a matron&#039;s. Meaning, a mature woman would wear it at her neckline to hold a shawl, scarf or blouse ties together. This style was never marketed to younger women (who usually didn&#039;t wear any jewelry in those days anyway; it was a mature fashion).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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