✅ SOLVED Old broche?

[Gommy]

How old?

 

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[TheCannonballGuy]

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[Gommy]

I'm sorry for my post! Was'nt so complete!

35 mm:long 35 mm: width 1mm:thickness 4 grams: weight
Front: floral pattern, in the middle seen clips that caught stone
Back: seen the safety needle broke
Material: Brass or copper?

I need to identify! Thx for help!

 

[Bryanhashemi]

looks like an old broche to me! maybe for an old lady

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Thank you for providing its precise size measurement. It seems to be an ornate Lady's Brooch, because its back shows the remnants of the typical brooch/pin "attachment" provision, a pin-clasp for attaching it to clothing. The clasp's pin is missing, but the pin's tip would be held under the prong on the opposite edge of the brooch's back.

The tiny prongs around the central hole on the brooch's front probably held a "gemstone" or perhaps an emblem, which is missing.

You asked "How old?"
Unfortunately, there is no way to date this form of brooch with high accuracy. It is made of very thin machine-stamped sheetbrass, which dates it from approximately the mid-1800s all the way into to the modern era. But based on certain peculiarities on the attachment-clasp's form, I would think it is latter-1800s to early 20th-Century. In particular, the swirly design with cutouts was popular in the latter Victorian era ladies' brooches. Our fellow What-Is-It forum member Breezie is far more knowledgeable about antique ladies' brooches than I am. She might contradict nearly everything I've told you. Try sending her a Private Message about it.

 

[Breezie]

Yes, you have a Victorian brooch. The time period for the Vic. period is circa 1830's and ended in 1901 when Queen Victoria died. Judging by the 'open face roses,' your brooch would be in the later part of that era; 1880s-1900. It's hard to tell whether there was a stone or not in the center, but judging by the fact that it is not gold, silver, or platinum, I would venture to say, if it had a stone, it was probably glass. I don't see a place for prong stone attachments, but the inner edge could have held a flat back stone. Below is a pic of the probable pin attachment. Nice find Breezie

 

[Gommy]

Thanks for help!

 

[Breezie]

Thanks for help!

You're welcome and WELCOME to the forum! Now go find some more goodies. Breezie

 

[Gommy]

Bright upgrade

 

[Breezie]

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Bright upgrade

Now that you've posted a brighter pic, I can see the PRONGS where the stone was attached. I'm wondering if you go back to the spot where you dug it, you could find the stone? Breezie

 

[Gommy]

I want to find it but who knows!