Posted 8 years ago
Efesgirl
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This is one of my finds from today's markets. There is a little bit of enamel missing from the wing, but I expect I can repair that. Even the back of the bird has been enameled. Looks like gold. No marks. I will get it tested this week.
This is the first stick pin I've seen with tiny rivets in the back.
Thanks to the sharp eyes of Kyratango, I now know the era when this pin was made and that it contains rose cut diamonds. I had a closer look and, by golly, they are rose cut diamonds!
UPDATE 3/17/2016: Had the stickpin tested. The actual bird is 18K. The pin itself is gold filled.
Thanks for looking! ~Bonnie~
1 dollar? What a bargain!!!! Looks like a keepsake.... with rivets....impressive
TinMachine60 - yep, $1.00. Yesterday I bought 14k gold for $4.00
:-)
I posted that yesterday.
Upon first sight, this hit me with one of those nostalgic feelings. Just for a fleeting moment, and then it was gone. Been trying to recapture that feeling and figure it out, but I guess it'll remain a mystery to me. Thanks for sharing, Girl. [;>)
It is a wonderful stick pin!!!
I think you got a solid gold and rosecut diamonds tweetie :-)
It would stick perfectly in my collection ;-)
kyra - I had a closer look and you're right. The stones have the pyramid cut of rose diamonds. How about them apples. The construction of the pin is what made it stand out among a bunch of costume jewelry on the seller's table.
Never had a gold stick pin before.... :-)
I will find out the gold content this week and let you know.
:-) :-)
NevadaBlades - I know just how you feel. :-)
kyra, is this one also decorated with Champlevé?
I bet you'll find it is 18 carats gold :-)), first of a collection?
When hunting I caught many among crap, could ifentify as good only because of the construction, the famous "too good to be brass" ;-D
For the enamel, I won't call it champlevé, though on the wings it hat been applied in kind of cells.
And perhaps, at one time, he held a tiny dangling pearl in his beak...
Fantastic Find!!!! You really do shop like me!!!! The best things I own were purchased for very little money at the flea market and yard sales!!!!
kyra - this pin does have the richness of 18K, now that you mention it.
I wondered why the beak was bent. I should find a tiny pearl on a gold chain and add it, yes? :-) You're just super, you know that? :-)
Junkman60 - Oh yes, we are two peas in a pod!!
Lucky girl!!!
Bonnie, if you find a pearl something like on this bird... Will have to be super tiny!
What! I'm super??? Oh, no, just an awful, ugly, troll, cockroach! LOOOOL ;-)
oops forgot the link :-/
https://www.rubylane.com/item/784631-419/Antique-Sterling-Silver-Iridescent-Enamel-Swallow
OK , you ugly old awful cockroach troll....I LOVES YA! :-D
I have a new avatar, accordingly to Auntie's feelings towards me... MWAHAHA!