posted on October 27, 2006 02:57:30 PM new
This brooch is from an estate sale, no maker's mark. Looks like rose gold flowers with yellower gold background and amethyst purple stones.
Is there a special name for this kind of pin? And a period, like Edwardian?
posted on October 27, 2006 06:10:03 PM new
Okay, here's more. And,Irked, the flower petals are not enameled; they're copper or something like rose gold. That isn't a hole in the back; it's a lump of solder or such. And what does this type of closure say about its age?
And one last picture. By the way, this is 6" long (to end of tassel) and 2 inches across, doesn't feel flimsy.
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posted on October 28, 2006 11:42:55 AM new
The flower petals in the foto look copper colored. It might be gold, even if it's not stamped. I had a necklace and earrings, really 20's flapper style. Nothing was marked. I thought it was gold but not sure. I took it to a jeweler who thought differently. I took and chance and brought it in to be repaired and it WAS goid. He had to use gold soldier to fix it. Sometime during the 20's +/- a few years, gold was mixed with something else to produce a weird gold color. That's all I remember. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful
Did you loupe the stones to see if they were glass or stone? They are probably glass but one could hope !
posted on October 28, 2006 01:01:23 PM new
Yes, in natural stones there will be "stuff" inside the crystal. (Pleaase excuse the terminology, I am not by any means a gemologist.) In a natural crystal you might find Black carbon lines, white lines or maybe even some cracks (Not to be confused with the lines created when the gem was cut) On bigger stones, I'll look through a loupe and think I see a crack, when it's actually the other side I am looking at) Also, I have noticed in my amethysts that sometime the purple color isn't quite "mixed" As if you put a drop of water coloring in a bowl of water and slightly moved it with a spoon. I do have some true amethysts that are solid dark purple.
