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Posted 8 years ago
kyratango
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Just bought this one...
My EYE spotted it and told me to get it ;-D
Pics are from the listing, I have no mesurements, and I don't know if it is silver over gold or all silver with gilding...
It was in a lot with two modern mop, marcasites and 925 silver dragonflies :-)
UPDATE: 2 FIRTS PICS ONCE CLEANED!
Mesurements: 3.2cm wide, 2.5cm high.
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Beautiful !
Awwww, lovely Victorian brooch. Looking from the photos you have a wealth of different stones, shappire, peridot, pearls, rubies, amethyst and maybe diamonds. Looking forward to seeing it in its full glory.
Can't imagine what your collection consists of, but I know it must be a treaure trove !~
Another stunning piece I love flutterby's :-) xo
Oh this is going to be another stunning brooch once you give it your expert treatment! How do you clean these pieces, I have a few gilt over silver that need a good cleaning.
Phil, my collection is a hoard, since my 18... more than 40 years of compulsive hunt :-)))
Mani, yes, I always think of you when I get a Bzz Bzz or a flutterby ;-)))
Katherine, I use a kind of Windex spray, an extreme cleaner with an ammonia smell.
It is gentle enough for pearls and remove this kind of red oxydation on mixed gold/silver pieces which remained in closed boxes for years. Grease and grime don't resist!
No need to let pieces soaked, one spray back and front then gentle paint brush wipe before rinse under the tap, et voilà :-D
Thanks to you Phil, Mani and Kath!
Lovely brooch! I knew this was yours as soon as I saw it ;)
What a great find, it should POP once it's cleaned. Nice! :^)
Adore it, can't wait to see it all cleaned up when you receive it..
Thank you, I will try that on that filigree brooch I bought, want to see if it will shine up. :)
Yay Pascale......well done, great spotting!! You can never have enough jewelled butterflies!! :-)
Can't wait to see the real Piccys when you get it.
Sue! It seems I have a copyright on bug/Bzz Bzz jewelry ;-D Thank you!
Billretirecoll, I hope so :-)
Inky, Wandlessfairy, I'll post the updated pics when cleaned, Thank you !
Katherine, waiting to see your filigree brooch shining :-))
Judy, yep, never enough of them... ;-))))
Huge collective thanks to all of you, 25 butterfly lovers :-)
Update!
Clean now :-)
I had to use some polish for the back, oxydation was too much for the windex...
Thank you Ken :-)
The backing is unmarked gold either 9 or 14k, eyes are rubies (strong fluorescence under UV!), tiny rosecut diamonds, aquamarine, garnets, sapphires and either peridots or chrysoberyls :-)
Even more beautiful now Pascale......Are they initials scratched into it that I can see??
Hi Judy! I don't know if it is actually initials... usually numbers were scratched like that when a jeweler did a repair!
Thank you for your kind comment my friend :-D
Oh yes Pascale, of course.....I had forgotten about that!! :-)
Oooh, late but warm thanks to all of you, 30 butterfly lovers! :-))
kyra, Love it...of course!
Thank you Vintagelamp, of course! ;-))
Thank you, Melanie, for your lovely visit :-D
Love it~
Aww, thank you Cindyjune!
Merci Bijou :-))
i think the gems totally divine , i can imagine beautifully landing on the lapel just super !!!!!!!! Kyratango
Thank you so much, Malkey for your appreciation, love and kind comment !
Many thanks for your visit and love, Bijou and Trunkman :-)
What good news David! I'm sure your sparkling eyed "find" isn't an antique ;-))
Thank you my friend!
How beautiful - I would love to see your collection!!
Lentilka, thank you so much for your visit and appreciation!
Most of my latest finds since 5 years are on CW, my other former part is in the vault, not very easy to visit, and I'm too much burglar fearful to have it at home :-(
love the bug stuff too!!
Thanks Alientrouble! I love your beautiful lamps too :-))