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<p>[QUOTE="KSW, post: 1279729, member: 8708"]I’ve been sorting through the stash of bits and pieces to clear some space.</p><p>I’ve no idea where I picked this brooch up but I obviously didn’t pay it enough attention to realise that the base metal pin was a replacement and the rest is gold. The shiny C catch that was shouting at me finally got my attention <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" />.</p><p>I can’t see a mark anywhere but my amateur gold testing tells me it’s around 9-14k. Please can you enlighten me as to if I can call it antique or mere vintage?.</p><p>Tiny ring on one end. </p><p>I need to clean it as it’s filthy and to see if I can find a mark. Do you think a baby toothbrush and some washing up liquid would be ok?. No idea if real pearls or not.</p><p>Thanks for any advice <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]217797[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217803[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217804[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KSW, post: 1279729, member: 8708"]I’ve been sorting through the stash of bits and pieces to clear some space. I’ve no idea where I picked this brooch up but I obviously didn’t pay it enough attention to realise that the base metal pin was a replacement and the rest is gold. The shiny C catch that was shouting at me finally got my attention :rolleyes:. I can’t see a mark anywhere but my amateur gold testing tells me it’s around 9-14k. Please can you enlighten me as to if I can call it antique or mere vintage?. Tiny ring on one end. I need to clean it as it’s filthy and to see if I can find a mark. Do you think a baby toothbrush and some washing up liquid would be ok?. No idea if real pearls or not. Thanks for any advice :-) [ATTACH=full]217797[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217798[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217799[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217800[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217801[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217802[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217803[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217804[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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