I found this lovely brooch for a pound at the local church jumble sale. I’m guessing it’s continental silver but there are no hallmarks. Sadly, the pin has broken off, leaving two stumps – one being the clasp (itself missing a roller catch) and the other being the hinge where the pin was attached. The original pin would have been riveted/soldered into the hinge and there’s no way that I could have replaced it myself. So I’ve converted the brooch into a pendant, by removing the safety wire and using the loop at the top as a bale. I also cut off the clasp with a pair of pliers, and filed the stump down so that it was smooth. From the front, you would never know that this was once a brooch.