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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 433141, member: 5833&quot;]It strikes me as too solidly made for the 1960s or later.&nbsp; My first reaction to the design was that the overall shape of it had a <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=halley%27s+comet+brooch&amp;client=firefox-b-1&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiBk5W3ovneAhUCrlkKHYgiBcMQ_AUIDigB&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=764" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?q=halley%27s+comet+brooch&amp;client=firefox-b-1&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiBk5W3ovneAhUCrlkKHYgiBcMQ_AUIDigB&amp;biw=1600&amp;bih=764" rel="nofollow">Halley&#039;s comet</a> look to it, but think it is meant to be more like a stylized flower, worn vertically:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]151747[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The heft, the clever but primitive hinge &amp; pin, the Arts &amp; Crafts sensibility, the vertical pin if I&#039;m right about that, make me think it is pre-WWII 20th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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