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<p>[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 414596, member: 8267"]I am wondering if it might be Japanese. They use various techniques to patinate metals, creating a variety of colors, called irogane. Often used in combination with gold. You see it on tsuba (sword fittings), and later on jewelry. It could create the dark brown color on this brooch.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irogane" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irogane" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irogane</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Horsetails grows in Japan, where they "are often viewed with nostalgia, a certain fondness as a herald of spring, and as a wild vegetable".</p><p><a href="https://wildinjapan.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/quick-plant-profile-horsetail/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wildinjapan.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/quick-plant-profile-horsetail/" rel="nofollow">https://wildinjapan.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/quick-plant-profile-horsetail/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="2manybooks, post: 414596, member: 8267"]I am wondering if it might be Japanese. They use various techniques to patinate metals, creating a variety of colors, called irogane. Often used in combination with gold. You see it on tsuba (sword fittings), and later on jewelry. It could create the dark brown color on this brooch. [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irogane[/URL] Horsetails grows in Japan, where they "are often viewed with nostalgia, a certain fondness as a herald of spring, and as a wild vegetable". [URL]https://wildinjapan.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/quick-plant-profile-horsetail/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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