Have I Found It

[suec45]

Hi
When you generous people done this restore for me in 08 some of you asked about the broach I knew nothing about it
I have come across this broach & was wondering if it is the same one as in the photo

many thanks
Sue

[JenB]

Is this the restore you refer to? http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,349555.msg2279214.html#msg2279214

[still_looking]

Looks like it to me, it appears about the same width as one of the eyes on the photo does that sound reasonable given the actual size of the object?

At the time the photo was taken it may have been more reflective hence the fact that its not easy to make out the strip across the middle.

[suec45]

thanks for putting the link up for me jen

I was almost sure it was the same thanks for confirming for me still looking
the broach has been in my loft for the past 3yrs  among my mums  belongings
she passed away 3yrs ago & today my sister & I decided to look through the boxes and found the broach

thanks again
sue

[oldhippy]

It doesn’t look the same to me. If you break the brooch into three sections, the ends look similar the centre is a different shape. The colour is different this could be to do with age. Can you tell what it’s made of? No offence, the one you found doesn’t look like un-polished silver, un polished silver turns black. The one in the photo I would say is of gold or silver. Are there any hall marks? That would give us a date of how old the brooch is. 

[Kaybron]

Agree with still_looking.  The shape certainly looks the same although colour is different.  If it is not, it is certainly a nice find in your loft. 
Kaybron

[maidmarianoops]

the shape appears the same
sylvia


inverted colours

[suec45]

Thanks for the replies
I've given the broach a quick clean I think its brass  there are no markings on it
would the bar in the middle show from the distance the photographer would have been?

Sue
Wont let me post clean version

[oldhippy]

I can now see that it is the same shape thanks to maidmarianoops for blowing the picture up. If its brass you won’t find any markings. One thing you could do to stop it from tarnishing would be to lacquer it. That’s what I used to do with French carriage clocks many years ago as a watch/clockmaker. Constant polishing in time will remove the pattern. Old brass tends to be harder than today’s which is much soft. 

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