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    Posted 8 years ago

    pebble
    (31 items)

    This is a brooch/pin from a family collection. The brooch is made from rough-cut metal, presumably brass, set with roughly cut turquoise stones, green glass and coral-coloured glass. The stones are set in some kind of resin in brass. There is one perfectly spherical turquoise bead which I think is glass - I had originally thought that someone had replaced a missing stone with a more modern one, but I have since seen several similar brooches, and all of them have one or more of these turquoise beads in them!

    The seated figure has a carved face, and has two tiny red glass stones on either side of the brass neck decoration, and an archway of coral-coloured glass chips on either side of the body.
    The brooch measures 2" in diameter, and has "NEPAL" etched into the back. The pin is a simple "C" clasp. It's very naive but unusual to me!

    This probably belonged to my grandmother - her husband was in the merchant navy in the 1920s and '30s, Other examples I've seen claim to be from the early 1900s so that would fit.

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    Comments

    1. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      Quite unique!
    2. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 8 years ago
      Incredible brooch, very beautiful and unique -- a treasure! :)
    3. pebble pebble, 8 years ago
      Thank you Donthebaptist, Efesgirl, Nicspawee, katherinescollections, valentino97 and Vintageforever for the loves!

      Thanks for the comments Efesgirl and katherinescollections, it does seem to be unique - although I've found similar items with the seated figure, no two are the same!
    4. martika martika, 8 years ago
      Very interesting!
    5. racer4four racer4four, 8 years ago
      Great brooch, so unique!
    6. pebble pebble, 8 years ago
      Thanks vetraio50, racer4four, TassieDevil, PhilDMorris,
      Caperkid, aura, martika for the love and martika and racer4four for commenting :)
      I've enjoyed researching this one!

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