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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Finnclouds, post: 9735055, member: 84680&quot;]Hi all,</p><p>I bought this brooch, inspired by all the lovely sparklies shown by forum members.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope it’s Victorian, based on the fly motif and the crescent shape. There are no marks, and I can’t test the metal or stones. I assume it might be gilt silver, with foil-back strass, given the prongs etc are silver colored while the rest looks golden. Some of the more rubbed bits of the rims look a bit silvery, but I don’t want to polish them enough to make sure.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pin looks like rose gold in real life, the rest like yellow gold/brass.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pin goes a little beyond the brooch, and the design lets the light go through the brooch so they stones have lots of fiery sparkle, even in low light.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pearl is rough to tooth, i.e. feels real rather than glassy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The diameter is only 28 millimeters but it feels substantial in hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any comments would be more than welcome!&nbsp; All I know about antique&nbsp; jewelry is what I’ve just read.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]474861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]474862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]474863[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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