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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 12218416, member: 5833&quot;]I don&#039;t really see a bail, more like an attachment point for a guard chain.&nbsp; I believe the correct orientation is the one Ruth shows.&nbsp; Gravity would work against the clasp staying closed, but I have quite a nice deco-era brooch that also has a vertical pin with the clasp at the bottom, which does have that problem, but that would never have been configured any other way.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hard to know about the unmarked metal from photos alone.&nbsp; I have seen many brooches with frames using this tubular construction for loops &amp; they were all brass/pinchbeck.&nbsp; Brass smells like brass, especially if you warm it up a bit by rubbing it briskly against some fabric.&nbsp; (Use something you don&#039;t care about staining.)</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a suspicion that the central element has been reworked into this brooch from an earlier piece; those breaks in the back edge of the bezel are not from wear.&nbsp; Agree that painting looks like enamel.&nbsp; Georg Jensen&#039;s workshop seems improbable to me, although the critter does have somewhat of a &quot;here be dragons&quot; look.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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