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Posted 8 years ago
lentilka11
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An another flea market find for my usual 1 EUR :) - 19th century mourning jewelry?
Material of this little brooch is lightweight and warm. To me it seems to be like kind of plastic, looks molded, and it is not glossy. The backside is from some kind of metal, painted black.
My guess is vulcanite?
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Thank you!
The material is not metal. Feels like plastic.
Or maybe jet? It´s warm and light, in the 19th century it was a very popular choice for mourning jewellery.
Vulcanite tends to be more of a charcoal color than black. Difficult to say from seeing a photo because many times the photos don't show the true color of a piece of jewelry. Maybe this website will help you:
http://jewelrynerd.org/blog/what-are-gutta-percha-bog-oak-jet-and-vulcanite-jewelry-and-how-do-i-identify-them
Gutta percha ??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutta-percha
Here is my Carved Brooch:
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/118221-gutta-percha-victorian-brooch-mourning
Thank you guys!
Efesgirl - Interesting website!! Hm.. I have to do the tests!
antiquerose - what a piece! Beautiful! Where did you find it?
Either I am imagining things, or I feel salt. Might be gutta percha then!
I just licked a brooch, I feel weird.
lol@lentilka ......roflmao
My piece was a Family piece on my Mom's Dad side.
:DDD
Its a beautiful piece.
I have a brooch with a similar back...looks metal-y...not sure f I posted it earlier, so I ll look to post it. Could help determine what material its made of
Haha, that's one of my tricks, taste to test ;-P
Back of your nice brooch is painted black metal, face could be "bois durci".
http://parenthetically.blogspot.fr/2013/06/blood-and-sawdust.html
You maybe licked some ols blood and sawdust composition :-))
Interesting link to mourning black jewellery and its materials:
http://www.morninggloryantiques.com/collectVictJetPins.html
kyratango uggh - I hope not!
Interesting link, thank you!
http://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/160090-black-mystery-brooch-with-c-clasp
Look at my brooch I posted earlier: it has the same back as yours
Newtimes, thank you! Yes, it is the same back!
Interesting! Your brooch is awesome! The material is still different than mine. But the back identical. I hope I will find more jewelry of this type.
And your boy will be a hunk one day :)