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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 347016, member: 2844"]I think that was it. Although I am inclined to think the silver was made for a comb that broke, and the bloke in the shed stuck it on another one the wife wasn't wearng anyway.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I agree. Ornamental combs used to be fashionable in Western and Western influenced countries. </p><p>Here is a 19th century Dutch example (also from my ornamental hair jewellery box), never worn with a mantilla, but meant to look beautiful on its own:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]117182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 347016, member: 2844"]I think that was it. Although I am inclined to think the silver was made for a comb that broke, and the bloke in the shed stuck it on another one the wife wasn't wearng anyway.;) I agree. Ornamental combs used to be fashionable in Western and Western influenced countries. Here is a 19th century Dutch example (also from my ornamental hair jewellery box), never worn with a mantilla, but meant to look beautiful on its own: [ATTACH=full]117182[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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