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Thanks everyone for your replies. I have since found out (along with the help of the first replier Trev - Thank you) that the brooch is Art Nouveau and the letter Q is for 1890. Trev was correct in saying that the import mark was for London 1904 onwards. The maker is VN (still no clearer on this one...

Thank you for answering. The letter does look like a Q but it is so tiny! The box it is in has the corners cut away, like they have been cut away. The nearest shape I can discribe is that it looks like its in an Octagon. The item must be older than 1951, it belonged to my Great Grandmother. Do you t...

I what looks like an Art Deco brooch but it could be even earlier than this? The mark is the capital letters VN in a triangle then the numbers 925 in an oval then what looks like a circle split into four but the lines not going through the centre, then what I think is a letter Q - The mark is very v...