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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 647608, member: 2844&quot;]It is a Scottish plaid brooch, worn to fasten a plaid, or for the ladies a shawl, to the shoulder.</p><p>I love the rose. I am with Holly on that one, why would they put a carved amethyst rose on a costume brooch? Unless it is a marriage?</p><p>Scottish silver is only very rarely unmarked. The verdigris would look odd on sterling silver, maybe it was in contact with a &#039;lesser&#039; piece with verdigris?</p><p>That replacement pin was a home job.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, and so do the Scots, like on my John Fraser plaid brooch. The C-clasp was still used occasionally in the 60s, I think.</p><p>John Fraser was an Inverness silversmith 1963-1994. I don&#039;t know exactly when mine was made, the marks are worn. At the moment the date letter looks like a kneeling duck on a prayer chair. Haven&#039;t found that one in the date letter chart yet.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]183867[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Back with tube hinge and contemporary roll-over safety clasp, no C-clasp:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]183866[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I know, the back looks grubby, it is still in the clean and catalogue box.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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