Featured Very odd 19th C silver brooch

It's been converted from something, I reckon. Nearest match is a Russian sword guard. Thoughts folks?

 

Very cool. If it's small I would consider converting it into an armour plate ring had a modern one

 

That’s very interesting! Where did you find it? Love a mystery!

 

Google suggests a Russian belt slide to me, not that I would know if that’s correct or not!

 

I think Russian sword belt slide was one of the options I saw? Little local retro fair find, piddled with rain so no car boot today. Only a fiver, cheap because the stall holder was picking my brain about other stuff. I’m a sucker for mysteries.

I also bought four miniature wax hands.

WHY.

 

Do the hands have candle wicks in them? Save 'em for Halloween. The pin really does look like it came off a sword.

 

Because that’s what we do

 

Because as my husband tells me because we can.

 

Sometimes these things are literally out of our control.

 

Did you own any previously? What are the odds of ever seeing such a thing again?

If the answers to the above questions were no & highly unlikely then you had no other options. The hands were destined to come home with you to live in the hoard.

 

Judging by these photos, these are also brooches.

 

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As you do.

Or out of our hands.

 

Flower bouquet holder boutonnière I think

 

I thought about this too.

 

Could be, and it’s got squished at some point.

The hands have no wicks.

It is indeed what we do, and what we can. And yes, I didn’t have any and hadn’t seen them before!

We are all doomed.