Posted 9 years ago
TassieDevil
(175 items)
Hello everyone!
Thought you might like to see these little creatures. I have had them for about 3 years now, I think they are adorable. Not hallmarked or maker marked, not that there is any room to do so, but I do think the wings etc would be silver, set with tiny pearls. Not sure what the pinky colour big stone is....perhaps garnet? Haven't attempted to clean them.....
The whole piece is really small with the total length being 4 1/2 cm, the flies are only 1 cm long, and the chain between the 2 flies is about 7cm.
Found the Australian advert from December 1901 with them called lace pins, which apparently were used to confine a length of lace at the neckline or throat of whatever you were wearing.
Normally I would have just called these stickpins or lapel pins, either way, very cute I think.
I've never seen anything like these - where did you get them? They're great.
Thanks Efesgirl, they are great aren't they! Bought on ebay about 3 years ago....couldn't resist them....thanks for the love. I haven't seen anything like them since either!!
Thanks SEAN68 for the love!
Thanks racer4four and vetraio50 for the loves.
Bzz Bzz!!!!
Wooooh! A very nice untouched pair :-)
I think the stones are garnets, but not sure if gold is alloy or rolled gold.
Highly appreciate the old advertisement too, GREAT POST TassieDevil!
Thanks kyratango, will always appreciate your input,knowledge & love of my things.
I don't know if other countries do the same, but our national library has digitized our newspapers from 1800s and they are available to search on line which is such a great research tool!
Oldfashionedgirl, thank you so much for the love!
What a luck! No, here in France only some Infos available from Joconde database, libraries don't have these ads on line...
Sometimes the newspapers have a site, but the entries are difficult to search...
Hi Tassiedevil,What a wonderful and unique find!
You have some great research skills:)
Thanks Bettyboo for your lovely comment! Practice & Patience as far as the research goes!!
Thank you melaniej, MyFavoriteTreasures and aura for looking and loving!
Thank you PhilDMorris, appreciate the love!
Thanks Nicefice for the love...appreciated
Great Post!
Thanks very much Agram.m! and for the love.
valentino97,NevadaBlades and Toni1969....thank you for the loves!
davyd286 and Windwalker.....thank you kindly for the love!
Appreciate the love Elisabethan, thank you!
Very pretty!!! I have never seen anything like this in my life before :)
Oh, thanks so much Martika, glad you think so!!! They are pretty cute for sure and I haven't seen any others either!!
Many thanks Betty, Martika and Celiene for the love!! Most appreciated!!
Just wonderful! I'm very envious right now! :-)
Aw thanks Bijou for the lovely comment!! Really appreciate the love too, thank you!
Many thanks Jenni and jean, the love is very much appreciated :-)
Appreciate the love Tigra, thank you:-)