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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 12850946, member: 5833&quot;]What we now see as an overlong pin stem occurs on brooches that predate the safety catch.&nbsp; A friend suggested to me that it could have been a safety measure to bury the exposed tip back into the fabric after closing the pin stem in a C clasp.</p><p><br /></p><p>This one is on the short side to be used that way.&nbsp; On some brooches the pin stem is mounted in a way so that there is upward pressure when the pin is closed, pressing the stem into the clasp.&nbsp; Is yours like that?&nbsp; Everything about it says this is a high quality piece.&nbsp; I would put it to late 19th to turn of the 20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know you showed this in Finds, so perhaps info is there, but how big is this?&nbsp; I&#039;m really wowed by the &#039;stones&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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