Posted by Laurence on March 6, 2014, 6:26 pm, in reply to "Re: the riddle..."
I think that the hook is the lock for the pin fitting.
Laurence
--Previous Message-- : Intriguing this riddle certainly is ! : : Looking at the different items, the most : logical form of the frame seems now to be : one with 5 upright spikes, the middle one : more than twice longer than the other 4. At : the end of each spike a screw is placed in : the hole behind the drop diamonds. To hold : the swinging drop diamond in the central : element in place, the little hook is screwed : onto the middle of the longer central spike. : : The long pin obviously is meant for the : central element to be worn as a brooch, but : that means that the lock is missing. : : That leaves only the small pin, for which I : have no explanation, as we don't see : screwholes on the back, that near to each : other for it to fit. Could it be that this : pin once belonged to another jewel? : : --Previous Message-- : --Previous Message-- : : Lorenzo - I am totally intrigued by all : this. : : I do hope the archive will be able to give : you the original information about the : piece. : : I will stick my neck out and suggest that : the tiny spiral is to set an element en : tremblant . : And that some original elements might now be : "lost". Perhaps they are now with : the original frame. : : I think the only missing elements are the : frame and the screws. : : The current necklace does not look like one : continuous strand but four short lengths. : : Around the central brooch/pendant there are : four semirigid elements, the mobile part of : each is the diamond drop. : : And the inner two lengths seem to have : something unusual in their middles - or is : that just a quirk of the pic? : : You are correct, the middle elements have a : twist, quite strange in the picture, but not : bad to see in real. : : Edit: the central element looks like a : brooch/pendant so perhaps the longer chain : was for wearing it as a pendant. : : Very likely. The only surviving screw is the : one that keeps the brooch in place: you can : see it on the picture of the reverse of the : necklace, its head has a flowerlike shape : and it fits perfectly in the cavity of the : screwdriver. : : And I'm further intrigued that you have the : case plus tools! : : : Here are the additional elements: : : http://s522.photobucket.com/user/lorenzofrommilan/media/IMG_3808_zps98a7177d.jpg.html?filters[user : ]=139488768&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=5 : From the left: a pin with a hinged screw on : the top, a brooch fitting, the little : "pigtail" hook terminated with a : screw, the screwdriver. : : This is the screwdriver: : : http://s522.photobucket.com/user/lorenzofrommilan/media/IMG_3810_zps6be87745.jpg.html?filters[user : ]=139488768&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=4 : : This is the back of the jewel, where you can : see all the little holes for attaching the : missing tiara frame, and the only remaining : screw on the top of the brooch: : : http://s522.photobucket.com/user/lorenzofrommilan/media/IMG_3811_zps9557d7bb.jpg.html?filters[user : ]=139488768&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=2 : : Ant finally the box: : : http://s522.photobucket.com/user/lorenzofrommilan/media/IMG_3814_zps42949ce5.jpg.html?filters[user : ]=139488768&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=1 : : :