Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Dessert58, post: 8691450, member: 78465&quot;][ATTACH=full]428812[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]428811[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]428810[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]428809[/ATTACH] Hello everyone,</p><p>I saw a lot of stickpins for sale in France, and this one immediately took my attention.</p><p>I didn&#039;t know what exactly it had been, but I knew I needed to own it and find out<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>So it arrived yesterday, and it is nice but very tiny.</p><p>I had to look it up, and look what I found out:</p><p>Its the middle part of old Flemish earrings! (Belgium, 1830-1870ish).</p><p>It used to happen a lot that jewels were torn apart for inheritance, or maybe just because some parts went missing over time.</p><p>The stickpin top is 14 carat gold with some silver &#039;blobs&#039; on it, that make the suggestion of being diamonds as opposed to some more detailed diamond-enriched ones.</p><p>You can see an example on how it looked originally in a picture of the book I found.</p><p>I have put some of my Flemish jewels next to it to show how tiny it is.</p><p>So, what would you do with it? Leave it as is, looking like an odd little stickpin?</p><p>Or would you make a pendant out of it with maybe a pearl drop?</p><p>Maybe even wait for the right drop that really matches its size and material? (Although that might be very hard to find?).</p><p>Thank you very much for your opinions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in