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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4301302, member: 2844&quot;]Great brooch, K.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I would certainly let Mary do her job.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>As evelyb and obb said, many garnet pieces are a mix of genuine garnets and garnet glass, which was also made in Bohemia.</p><p><br /></p><p>The back is unusual for Bohemian made. Bohemian garnet jewellery backs are generally closed and flat for 19th century pieces, and closed with small holes behind the garnets for post-1900 (possibly a few years earlier) pieces.</p><p>So I wonder if it was made somewhere else, using imported Bohemian garnets and/or garnet glass. (UK?)</p><p><br /></p><p>Those flat round hinges were first used in the 1890s, but this beauty could certainly be early 20th century, given the length of the pin.</p><p>Because I don&#039;t know this specific interesting mix of settings for garnet jewellery I can&#039;t be more exact, but is antique, imo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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