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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 315362, member: 5833&quot;]I really don&#039;t think it has anything to do with the Jacobites, but if it did, I could see it as a covert expression of anti-Hanoverian sentiment.&nbsp; My best guess is that the brooch originally had a hair memento &amp; was worn horizontally.&nbsp; Someone later replaced the hair with this metal bit that had meaning for them, maybe closing it up without realizing the pin was now upside down and maybe not willing or not able to remove the glass again.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW, does anyone know how the glass does come off?&nbsp; Does it come off once it has been closed?&nbsp; Can&#039;t see how the glass in the brooch I have could be removed without damage.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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