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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kyratango, post: 292191, member: 5006&quot;]What you have here is really pretty and old!</p><p>A Georgian opaline and black DOT paste piece, which was part of a jewel and was later converted into a brooch (the mount seems victorian).</p><p><br /></p><p>The opaline center has a foil beneath and it shows signs of damp.</p><p>These are two clasps of the era:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]94717[/ATTACH]&nbsp; </p><p>See earrings mounted in gold with same opaline in pristine condition :</p><p><a href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/61838-286086x202580/SO-Georgian-Opaline-White-Paste-15k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rubylane.com/item/61838-286086x202580/SO-Georgian-Opaline-White-Paste-15k" rel="nofollow">https://www.rubylane.com/item/61838-286086x202580/SO-Georgian-Opaline-White-Paste-15k</a></p><p>[ATTACH=full]94718[/ATTACH] </p><p>A little about black dot pastes:</p><p><a href="http://jewelrynerd.org/blog/what-is-black-dot-paste-jewelry" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jewelrynerd.org/blog/what-is-black-dot-paste-jewelry" rel="nofollow">http://jewelrynerd.org/blog/what-is-black-dot-paste-jewelry</a></p><p><br /></p><p>About Georgian paste jewelry:</p><p><a href="http://lisakramervintage.com/georgian-paste-jewelry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://lisakramervintage.com/georgian-paste-jewelry/" rel="nofollow">http://lisakramervintage.com/georgian-paste-jewelry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie58" alt=":joyful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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