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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mls4dc, post: 4557483, member: 20776&quot;]Hello all!</p><p><br /></p><p>I got lucky enough to find this amazing pendant at a yard sale in Belgium. The seller described the pendant as a regional butterfly cross or &quot;croix a la Jeannette&quot;, but when I look at examples it doesn&#039;t match the pictures. For me it looks like the hook was added later which makes me wonder if it was converted from a larger parure. As far as I can tell it looks like black dot paste with a foiled back and collet settings. The frame is silver and the paste looks like it&#039;s cut by hand. The piece is in good condition with one of the paste stones replaced by a rose cut stone. Does any one have any idea when this would likely have been made? My guess is late Georgian/early Victorian but I could be way off the mark since I don&#039;t often have the opportunity to get find a piece this old. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]404207[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]404208[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]404209[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]404210[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m also curious about a ring I picked up from the same seller. It looks to me like the amethyst paste/halo ring portion are older than the shank. Originally the halo looks to me like it had seed pearls and some of them have been replaced with newer metallic balls. I think the &#039;stone&#039; would have been foil backed but it&#039;s hard to tell as it looks like the setting was glued or soldered onto shank. This one is in less good condition but I&#039;m still curious to know when it would have been made and curious to know anything I can about its origin. [ATTACH=full]404213[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]404217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]404218[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I sincerely appreciate any help or advice! Thank you for your time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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