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Antique Scottish Cairngorm Brooch

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    Posted 11 years ago

    JDManzie
    (6 items)

    Can anyone help with a date for this?? The stone appears to be a really rough cut cairngorm and the design seems to be hand done. It is a family piece. My family are from Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland and are recorded in that area to as early as 1650.

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    1. BHock45 BHock45, 11 years ago
      JDManzie. Wonderful brooch!!! I feel that if it were silver it would be marked as so. Are there any markings? See mine, it is similar but yours looks older.

    2. BHock45 BHock45, 11 years ago
      http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/89160-scottish-brooch--cairngorm-stones--gla
    3. Stillwater Stillwater, 11 years ago
      That's a rather deep hue for a Cairngorm, I'd say its either heat-treated or a different type of stone. Might just be the photo though

      The light balance in the photo is messed up I think, is it pewter or sterling? I can't tell. Very charming piece. The tube-hinge, C-clasp, and the rocker-engraving date it to the mid-to-late 19th century.
    4. JDManzie, 11 years ago
      I think it is pewter. What is 'rocker engraving?? The stone looks very much like the photo.
    5. Stillwater Stillwater, 11 years ago
      They take a flat piece of metal and rock it from side to side. VERY VERY labor intensive, so it wasn't done for very long
      It was probably heat-treated if it is a Cairngorm. The hue is very deep

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