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Recent Activity1194 of 8214Don’t stay  on your Feet ,for Peet’s sake ,skip butter ,go with LordUnusual shape 1900 sterling mate enamel butterfly pin. Update: by Charles Thomae!
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    Posted 10 years ago

    kyratango
    (439 items)

    My last beasty pin :-)

    2" wing span, 1.1/8 from beak to tail tip.
    80 rose cut diamonds, 2 tiny ruby eyes, silver open setting on gold backing.
    Hole at the reverse to screw fittings!

    I bought it for 1950 georgian revival, (!!!), gold was very blackened, it had a 14k brooch fitting custom made around 1920 (from the security clasp...).

    Through hunting years I gathered several screw systems from antique versatile parures, and I had the perfect trembler hair pin for it!

    Hooraah!!!

    I hope you will love him as much as I do, thanks for looking :-)

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    Comments

    1. DrFluffy DrFluffy, 10 years ago
      Hooraah for sure... It's gorgeous.
    2. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Flying kisses to Mikelv, freiheit, DrFluffy, walksoftly, PatSea, Pops and Manikin! XOXO for your loves!
    3. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 10 years ago
      Very nice. Your clever holding on to things that most people would throw away. From the photos the shallow has a wonderful blue hue to the diamonds. It would look fantastic in my hair, lol. It's a beauty.
    4. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Ha, always keep old jewelry bits and bobs, spare stones etc...
      The blue hue is my phone camera fault, the diamonds are white!
      Now my hair are short cut, no more able to wear my antique combs, I fixed the brooch mount which was loose!
      Thanks for your comment, Peasejean, even if I hate you for beeing my butterfly pins challenger ;-)
      Will wear it on a pearl necklace :-)
    5. Peasejean55 Peasejean55, 10 years ago
      Lol, I don't think I'm any competition to your bug collection. By the way I have long hair, so if your looking for a new home for your beautiful Swallow, I'm the one lol.
    6. katherinescollections katherinescollections, 10 years ago
      Just beautiful, kyratango, I love it! :)
    7. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Katherine, thank you so much!
      Surfdub, Elisabethan, and Jewels for loving it!
    8. SEAN68 SEAN68, 10 years ago
      stunning!!!!!!
    9. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thanks Paris! I knew Lalique's first jewellery pieces, this one is contemporary but... Not Lalique (not same price too, lol)
    10. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Vetraio, Phil, racer and glasslove thank you for visiting an loves :-)
    11. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Radegunder, many thanks :-)
    12. vintagelamp vintagelamp, 10 years ago
      It is beautiful! It reminds me of my mother...she loved birds and the color blue!
    13. Virginia.vintage Virginia.vintage, 10 years ago
      I love it kyra!!! Is more than beautiful!
    14. kyratango kyratango, 10 years ago
      Thank you tweetie V.V!
    15. kyratango kyratango, 7 years ago
      Thanks Vintagelamp!
    16. kyratango kyratango, 7 years ago
      Big thanks to all 22 birdie lovers!

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