Gold over silver, probably.
Is there an image of the back, please?
Oh, agreed, I'd have grabbed it too.
I'd think the brooch is 1880s ish.
Late 19th.
Problem is, unless you can ping it, you don't know if it's in the body.
Other half bought me a couple of nice copies of Faberge eggs in Moscow. There's a fair few souvenir copies out there, old and new.
I missed that!
Not gonna work, ladies. ;) It was one of those things in a whole dish of bits. I think I grabbed a handful from memory. I've worn it a fair bit,...
Trombone clasp. I'll go with what aj thinks, with the only caveat being that trombones are often French.
That's bad star cracking on it, sadly.
A good Italian name, that!
1960s into maybe very early 70s, Italian as it says. I can't remember who used that number sequence, it's not Bitossi, might be that...
I'm squinting - yes, agreed. Can't find that precise phrase, but it's something like Learning Liberal Arts, or the Liberal Arts teach us. My...
I think it's a copy of an ancient Roman one. Agree on a French speaking country. It's 18 carat gold with silver - see that AR mark?
It does indeed. The charity shop I bought this in is in my very local very mixed part of London. A fair few Indian jewellers and Middle Eastern,...
1960s. Not sure on the pattern name.
Chinese, I'd say. Bamboo with the blue bird of happiness. That odd clip clasp thing is between the wars, I'd say.
There's no sign of them being replaced, they fit the settings pretty well. As I said, I've UAE stuff with those open backs like that. Seems to be...
I suspect you're not far off.
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