Featured Lead seal type brooch ID

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  1. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    75EDF154-9030-40F1-81DB-6508BD420D13.jpeg 28B8DDA7-B5EB-4C52-B959-3D75219D6110.jpeg I think this is lead. It’s soft and heavy.
    Any ideas as to who the lady holding the flower is meant to be please?
    Thanks for any ideas :)
     
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  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    That is the symbol for Virgo next to her.
     
  3. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    I had no idea that the star signs had symbols until now! Thankyou.
    Would it be more Scorpio as it hasn’t hot a loop on the second part of the m- but then that doesn’t fit with the image of the woman.
    I wonder what the random cross means to the left of her?
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  4. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Guessing it's meant to be a star. The symbol isn't quite right, it's true. It's as sketchy as the star. The one in the chart you found differs a bit from what seems to be the most common form:

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    Despite its deficiencies, the lady holding a flower pretty well nails it.
     
  5. Aznathalie

    Aznathalie Well-Known Member

    It reminds me of an old coin.
     
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  6. Aznathalie

    Aznathalie Well-Known Member

    Screenshot_20211117-002248~2.png [​IMG]

    The constellation Virgo is one of the largest in the zodiacal belt. Since ancient times, Virgo has been portrayed as a woman carrying a branch or ear.
     
  7. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Yep. Spot on Bronwen,Thankyou.
    I wouldn’t have worked out it was a zodiac sign (mine even!). It’s the oddest thing to have as a brooch as it’s either lead or another very soft metal.


    That’s her @Aznathalie, Thankyou.
     
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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Numismatics & sigilography share a lot of territory.
     
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  9. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    Looks a bit like a pin back was glued on to turn into a brooch something that wasn't to begin with, although can't imagine what it would have been if not this.
     
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  10. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    I KNOW I sometimes go on wild goose chases, but @KSW, is there possibly, you might have to look with a loupe, some letters where I've lightened a bit and outlined in RED ?? I thought I saw something under the edge of that copper pin......I realize it could also be nothing too......BUTTTT!!!!

    BROOCH BACK-edit.jpg
     
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  11. Gus Tuason

    Gus Tuason Well-Known Member

    Or perhaps a button?
     
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