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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 479380, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous brooch, Torkel. Such nice detail for such a little darling. I would guess silver, but maybe not sterling, so maybe not British.</p><p>I&#039;m with the others in thinking it may open.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe because of the slightly rounded back? That is a feature of early brooches. In this case I&#039;d guess ca 1830-50, but others may have a different insight.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is part of the information to check when dating a brooch.</p><p>When it comes to closures, important things to look at are the type of hinge, in your case tube hinge, the type of clasp, in your case C-clasp, and the length of the pin. Longer is older, but shorter doesn&#039;t always mean younger.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /> So you have to take the entire brooch into account, style, decoration and type of back, for instance.</p><p>The dating of the chart only starts at 1850, and applies to North America. It is useful for European made brooches as well, as long as you bear in mind that round hinges and hand made safety catches were already used on European brooches in the 1890s.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are no stupid questions (only stupid answers<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> ). Questions are a sign of an enquiring mind and willingness to learn. That is what the forum is for, so you are spot on.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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