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<p>[QUOTE="Anna Johndrow, post: 2268884, member: 7900"]Thanks so much for all the wonderful information the experts have been sharing about the jewelry from my Great Grandmother's time in Burma.</p><p><br /></p><p>The piece I want to share now came from my Grandmother who gave it to me when I was about 15...which qualifies it to be AT LEAST vintage! It is unmarked but is very soft and pliable. Used to bend the pin every time I wore it just getting it on! My grandmother told me it was from a family member in Venezuela and years later business travel took me to Venezuela where I saw that the orchid was iconic and ubiquitous in their jewelry. </p><p><br /></p><p>Does the common subject of the orchid, complete with pearl on the stamen, lessen it's value?[ATTACH=full]257083[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]257084[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]257085[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]257086[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Anna Johndrow, post: 2268884, member: 7900"]Thanks so much for all the wonderful information the experts have been sharing about the jewelry from my Great Grandmother's time in Burma. The piece I want to share now came from my Grandmother who gave it to me when I was about 15...which qualifies it to be AT LEAST vintage! It is unmarked but is very soft and pliable. Used to bend the pin every time I wore it just getting it on! My grandmother told me it was from a family member in Venezuela and years later business travel took me to Venezuela where I saw that the orchid was iconic and ubiquitous in their jewelry. Does the common subject of the orchid, complete with pearl on the stamen, lessen it's value?[ATTACH=full]257083[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]257084[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]257085[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]257086[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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