How to Identify & Date Victorian Brooch Clasps and Hinges

This is to help you identify and age your brooches. You will be able to see different Victorian (1837-1901) brooches throughout each Era and identify their clasps and hinges. This goes through the Romantic Period, Grand Period, and the Aesthetics Period.
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[@arthurfabian6474]

I have melted many beautiful pieces as a coin dealer. Thank you for educating and taking the time to give pieces the history and proper information. Going forward I will take a closer look at historical pieces and put them away for someone else to enjoy.

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Oh that is amazing! Thank you for that!! I think preserving a piece of history is always well worth it. If you are ever just wanting to melt down pieces for scrap just let me know. I would love them for my collection or anyone else you know who collects I am sure would pay more than scrap for most pieces. That is so thoughtful of you and I appreciate your comment!

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[@OlivesVintageMarket]

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Awsome video. Also when dating broaches, the end of the pin extents the beyond the main body of the pin.

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Just for interest sake: I suggest it is a purpose made ambiguity, as aspect of artists intent to bring the eye joy.

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[@OlivesVintageMarket]

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[@reginaromsey]

Wonderful video! Exactly some of the things I need to know. I’m in love with Cameos and particularly the Victorian ones. When I first bought one for a Steam Punk outing s my Great Great grandmother I made one good buy and then one very bad! Thank you for saving me from the dreaded ponytail girl!

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Thank you so much. I am happy this was helpful. I love them too. I am working on a video about Cameos right now, but it will be a bit before its done.

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[@vintagevic4593]

Thank you, that was very interesting, I learnt a lot. Appreciate how much work you have put into it. The brooch with the bird/flower, I wonder if it is the leaves of a flower but a central flower has broken off? It looks like there should be something there. Hard to tell in a video, of course. Anyway I look forward to your next episode and I hope you get lots of likes for this one. 😄

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Thank you so much! I am so happy you enjoyed it. I thought the same about the brooch you are talking about, but I found a brooch that had the identical design when researching it. They called it a bird but I am still not convinced, lol.

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[@OlivesVintageMarket]

sorry. You can always pause it. My mom always tells me they are to fast as well.

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[@OlivesVintageMarket]

lol, it does hurt. I do not like the Christmas trees made up of all different types of brooches. Now if they piece was broken and really 'unfixable' then ok, but I hate seeing upcycled pieces. Funny thing is though that a lot of people even then would do the same thing. They would take their Georgian set from their mother and create a more modern piece from it.

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Thank you. BTW the word “era” has TWO syllables. 💕

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Haha! Not in the south! I always try to enunciate, but I think there will be a lot of southern infliction that will creep into most of my videos.

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[@lisannepearcy6586]

Thank you for this. Very helpful! I have a couple of brooches that have c-clasps but I'm not sure the hinges are tube hinges. If so, the "tube" part is very short. It's more like a very short pin and the hinge holder sticks out a little farther. I'm wondering if this kind dates a little later, like into the 1920's or 30's? Do you have any videos that might have this type of brooch hinge? Thanks again!

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

The hinge is the real identifier here. They still make c clasps even today so the hinge is important. I do not think I did a video over art deco and Edwardian hinges. However, I am happy to send you a sheet “cheat sheet” with the different types on there and the age. You can also email me or text me a picture of the hinge and I would be happy to help as well. They did get shorter but tube hinges really died out around 1900. Sorry I could not give a definite answer. [e-mail] if you would like to send me a photo.

[@cindysim4084]

How about prices.

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Lol, I sell on my website and eBay. I do this to help others and for fun. You can always email me if there is something you see or are looking for. I sell a lot and sometimes it’s hard keep up with the demand. Thank you for asking. My email is [e-mail]. Thank you so much for watching

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[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Lmao, I have it and still mess everything up! 🤣😂🤣😂 oh well, I guess I’ll just have to suffer the humiliation. … you really should tell me what your talking about though so I can fix it. I made these things years ago when my daughter was very small and probably missed a ton of things just through being distracted and what not. Thanks for spell checking for me though😉

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I have one with 2 mini c clamps with no roll over bit do you think that’s normal? Thank you.

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Great video thank you! Although just to point out, the first Cameo you show is actually of the goddess Hebe and not Hera.

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

LOL, Yeah, I can be wrong, haha. I looked through the video real quick and couldn't even find the cameo you were talking about. Let me know the timestamp and I will put in the correction. Thank you so much and I really appreciate you letting me know!

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[@OlivesVintageMarket]

@@thegreenfish21 how wonderful! I thought that was a peacock, you know how they can make them look so weird sometimes, but now that I’ve looked her up and I see what she is and the goddess depiction, it is so perfect. Thank you so much for letting me know! Always learning!

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[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Lol, happens to everyone! I am always happy to help!! Just email me if you ever have a question.

[@heard3879]

What is this material called "paste"?

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

Hello, and thank you for watching. "Paste", in antique jewelry, refers to a type of glass that is cut and polished with metal powder added to the molten glass to mimic the fire and brilliance of gemstones. This technique was developed and perfected in the 18th century. I hope this helps some.

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It's not err, as in "air." It's ERA (air.ah)

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

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A coin dealer,that melts many pieces! Who goes ahead and melts pieces, without knowing what they are or researching what you have?? To much,nevermind.........

[@OlivesVintageMarket]

LOL, I think there are a lot of people who just go and melt things constantly and send away for less than half of scrap value just for a bit of money. I would never do that, but I have been in a lot of places where people send their items and I buy them for scrap because the people buy them for about 45 to 50 percent of scrap. It is pretty hard to believe for me, but I know it happens.

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