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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;nastina.nastea, post: 9491260, member: 81895&quot;]Hello dear Members!</p><p>Today I bought this brooch and the seller told me that is is from 30s-40s. </p><p>The mother of pearl is natural (not an imitation) and the pin is obviously not original, as it differs in metal colour and it is visible the place of adhesion. </p><p>At the back of one of the mother of pearls the protective metal plate is still in place (missing from another two).</p><p>I tried to make some research for better understanding of when, where and probably by whom the brooch could be made.</p><p>And I found some pieces (bracelet and necklace) that have similar mother of pearl and cut steel inserts (which I first thought were marcasites).</p><p>I&#039;ve read that such jewellery is a &quot;Coque de Perle&quot; cut steel items from Georgian Period (the examples I found were dated back to 1800-1840).</p><p><br /></p><p>I would like to know if my brooch is from the same period, or it was made later in the same stylistic.</p><p>I would be thankful for any opinions<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]446335[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446336[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446337[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]446338[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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