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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 4204152, member: 5833&quot;]For easier comparison:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://downadarkalley.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/phmb3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.antiquers.com/attachments/e50c0dae-f791-4f89-9197-f93f39fe2da1-jpeg.334540/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The center plaquette of these looks like a separate piece.&nbsp; You can see this in the brooch at Cheryl&#039;s link:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]335070[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So I think there are 2 questions for these pieces.&nbsp; What is the press molded plaquette made of?&nbsp; What is the outer frame made of?</p><p><br /></p><p>On the back of the brooch represented as pressed horn (how thick can pressed horn be?) I do not see the woody grain of the original brooch.&nbsp; The body of the first one still looks like bog oak to me.&nbsp; If I had only the photos with no further info, I would think the main part of the horn one was jet.&nbsp; (I should state here, not for the last time, that I hate trying to identify black stuff.)&nbsp; I would also conclude that both brooches have a central element, which may very well be pressed horn, from the same source.&nbsp; Like cameos of Headband Girl, the little plaques may have been manufactured in a separate operation &amp; sold for the making of the finished jewellery.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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