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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RachelW, post: 9439919, member: 15376&quot;]<p style="text-align: center">Hi all! Funny how some weeks are very dry when it comes to finds, and then you spot loads of things all at once.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I remembered KSW&#039;s recent post when I saw this and grabbed it immediately. Rather annoyed I didn&#039;t notice the damage, the stall was in the shade and I thought it was a little dirt rather than missing enamel <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie78" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Nonetheless I do like it.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I&#039;m trying to research similar ones, but can&#039;t find one like it. The inside detail looks like stylised Fleur de Lis, but the overall shape looks like a regional symbol. I can&#039;t find anything on the Bijoux des Francais website. Champlevé brings up a couple of pieces in the same red color, but nothing on the shape. Any ideas?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Its got a wierd combo of hinge and clasp, and this is the second piece I&#039;ve gotten where someones taken a hammer to it stays securely fastened...forever. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p> <p style="text-align: center">Would I be correct to put this in the Art Deco period?</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438565[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438567[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438568[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">I picked up this pearl necklace for a euro, almost every pearl is damaged but it wouldn&#039;t be noticable on and its for my personal collection. However its too small for me, so I have to figure out how to extend it. It looks like its been restrung at some point, wondering if I risk undoing the knots to add more length and then reattaching the clasp? The clasp would NOT open, so I had to bring it home, grab some wrenches (and my father <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and only then could I try it on.</p> <p style="text-align: center">I love the shape of the pearls, but I can&#039;t find any similar, what are these called? I&#039;m not sure if the shape points to a date, everything I&#039;ve seen are round or &#039;natural&#039; shaped. Its closed length is 17cm.</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438582[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438583[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438581[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">At the same stall as the brooch I also picked up this. I have a rule about damaged items but this was just too pretty, if you flip it over its not so noticable since the others aren&#039;t uniform anyway. I&#039;m a bit stumped with this one as well, amethyst glass and faux pearl, with a spring ring clasp. I&#039;ve searched high and low for the name of the type of chain, but haven&#039;t found a thing. The round links are soldered to one of the box links, and then are loose on the other end. What is this called???</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">The second photo is more accurate color wise, and the 3rd photo is a close up of the chain and clasp. It measures 21 cm closed. I&#039;m at a loss as to where to date this. The way the glass is threaded and the white inclusions (right word?) feel more modern, but the overall style and chain seem to point in the other direction. Is it 60s perhaps?</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438586[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438585[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]438587[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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