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I found this along the river in Perth.

It looks like it might be brass. The detail on the decorative part is all intact and quite detailed. It has a single pin across the back. Those little blue flowers around the periphery are about 1.5mm across.


Any ideas on when these were made or fashionable?

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They were popular in the 1950's, called a Floral Micro Mosaic Brooch. They were mostly Italian.
Then again, it could be art deco too that's around the 1920's-1930's.

Cheers,
Megsy
 
MegsyB007 said:
They were popular in the 1950's, called a Floral Micro Mosaic Brooch. They were mostly Italian.
Then again, it could be art deco too that's around the 1920's-1930's.

Cheers,
Megsy
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Cheers Megsy - you are spot on. That looks exactly what it is.

Thanks
 
My mother apparently used to "paint" black and white photo's to colourise them in her 20's, I think it was for Kodak at the time.
Such detail in many hand skills back in those days, a rare thing these days.
That is surely one for the 'pool room'
 
Greenhornet_au said:
My mother apparently used to "paint" black and white photo's to colourise them in her 20's, I think it was for Kodak at the time.
Such detail in many hand skills back in those days, a rare thing these days.
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Yep, so many skills have been 'lost'. These days a technician is just a label, in the past it was 5 years training to develop the fine hand skills and knowledge.
 
Here's some tips to help with those 'is it gold?' decisions:

First get yourself something like a 10x or 15x loupe and a bright light. In my experience gold jewellery always has an indication of its carat/karat rating (eg. 18ct) or parts per thousand gold (eg. 750), somewhere on it. With jewellery that includes some form of fastener, this number is often stamped into the clasp.

Examine any chains carefully to determine whether the individual chain links are welded closed or just butted. Gold links will invariably be welded, costume jewellery links will be butted.

Because of their value, gold bracelets will usually have a safety chain or a double-latching clasp, to prevent loss, whereas costume jewellery bracelets don't usually have such elaborate features.
 
Today's river side finds.

I think the Scorpio pendant is sterling silver. The rear is stamped "TG.S". It does not look like any letters are worn away before or after those three characters.

Any ideas on what the last thing is - metal collar with a wooden post through the middle.
It has a leather skirt at the bottom. About 4" in diameter.
It was buried 10 inches in clean sand under the top soil in an undisturbed area so I'm thinking its from 1900 ---> 1950?
Some sort of small boat mast mount?

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