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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 1414977, member: 2844&quot;]In the 19th century brooches often had a small chain with a tiny safety pin attached to a loop at the back. Extra security in the period before safety clasps.</p><p>Ironically, those chains got lost more often than the brooches did. Some people cut the loop off, leaving a mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is one of mine. A little bump at the top where the loop used to be:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]223222[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, the hinge is brass, the rest is silver.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I also have some brooches with the chain still attached, but no photos in the archives that I can find.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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