Featured Old pins/brooches, would like help confirming age please.

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  1. Lizzie

    Lizzie All you need is love ...and a dog.

    I have been accumulating and researching these for a while. I think I have figured out dates but would love some opinions from the experts. Thank you for any help or advice as always.

    First group I think is the oldest bunch and includes:
    Garnet studded, with a safety clasp that opens from the top so 1900ish? Bohemian?
    Flower shape one, which looks black in picture but is really a dark wine color. Pin extends beyond body so Victorian?
    MOP horseshoe shape, Victorian? It came with a tag that said 1890's lace pin. It is upside down in the Picture.
    Black one with pearls, Victorian mourning pin? It is missing its C clasp.

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    Second group: All have C-Clasps so 1900-1910? All stones test as glass. Top one I think is guilloche.

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    Third group: 1930's? All have roll over clasps.

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    And finally, this one: stone is glass, setting is brass, C-Clasp. Almost 3 inches wide. I am on the fence with it. 1900's or 1930's? Needs a vinegar bath I think.

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  2. IvaPan

    IvaPan Well-Known Member

    Oh, such cuties! Love them all!
    And will be waiting to see what the experts say about dating.
     
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  3. Lizzie

    Lizzie All you need is love ...and a dog.

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  4. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    They're ALL so sweet!!!:singing::singing:
     
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  5. Lizzie

    Lizzie All you need is love ...and a dog.

    Thanks @Aquitaine and @IvaPan. I think they are nice as well. I want to list them but don't want to get the dating wrong.
     
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  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    The garnets look Bohemian and yes, late nineteenth into early twentieth. Probably silver. That dark red flower may also be garnet a bit later, 1910s. The Pearl is classic Victorian too. Those novelty mop brooches I tend to think are twenties, I’ve had some with Mother on them.

    Yes on guilloche. The two little ones look as though they’ve Persian turquoise. That group looks early twentieth. I think your thirties ones might be slightly earlier, twenties.

    Vinegar one is early twentieth imo.
     
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  7. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    And the others you've tagged are SO MUCH BETTER at dating your items than I am, as I inherited most of what I have......or had!!
     
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  8. Lizzie

    Lizzie All you need is love ...and a dog.

    Thanks so much @Ownedbybear. That information helps so much. I appreciate your help.
     
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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    You’re most welcome, that’s a nice haul.
     
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  10. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

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  11. Lizzie

    Lizzie All you need is love ...and a dog.

    @kyratango thank you! I never heard of those enamels. I thought it was guilloche. I learn something new every time I come on here.
     
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