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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 5152253, member: 2844&quot;]It was different. The bendy things obb mentioned were more like bent regular pins, secured at the end where the pin end is with a loop or tube, and then bent at a 90 degree angle with a little bend in it near the hinge. You occasionally see them on later brooches.</p><p>There were also hinges that looked a bit like early 20th century ones.</p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately photos of early brooches rarely show the backs, so they are difficult to find.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /> And of course many closures were replaced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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