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Thanks all. What an interesting array of opinions. Yet no apparent consensus. If I understand emperorsnewclothes' position, the brooch appears to date from circa 1900. Right? Then does it follow that the economics of the time were such that manufacturing "off shore" could be done for signi...

Found this brooch at a jeweler in Salt lake City, Utah. The appraisal that accompanied the brooch indicates that is arts and crafts period circa 1900, is sterling, has four colors of enamel, and that the stone is a 17.3mm amethyst. In sunlight the violet or purple enamel is actually blue. If possibl...