innerkitten
Ideal_Rock
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So I bought this brooch for $1 dollar at an estate sale. It was in the junk jewelry pile but I thought it was so pretty and I thought that maybe I could one day put in the missing stones ( I''m taking a jewelry making class ). I''ve always assumed it was paste or crystal but wondered what you guys thought. It''s very well made but made of sterling. It looks art deco to me base on the design. The thing that made me think it could be diamonds is that the cutting is sort of imperfect like old cut stones are in old pieces, each ones a bit different. If you own old jewelry with tiny stones you know what I mean. On the other hand it''s backed so the stones don''t show from the other side and most diamond pieces are open in the back. They aren''t foiled though. I noticed Lang had a pin with diamonds set in sterling and that there were a few on Ebay as well. Of course the ebay sellers might not know what they really have and just figure that they are diamonds and list them that way. What do you guys think?