06-28-2015 06:54 PM
Marked silver Why would there be a safety pin imbedded as the closure?? I'm thinking it's possibly European (don't know why) Looks like a grape leaf but those berries look strange and not grape-like HELP!!! Thank you
06-28-2015 07:27 PM
Not sure... but they could be white baneberry, snowberries, or white dogwood berries. I don't know why the leaf is black! It reminds me of those pins from the 1930s that have dots on them.
06-28-2015 07:44 PM
06-29-2015 06:07 AM - edited 06-29-2015 06:07 AM
The berries look more like those of virginia creeper whose leaves resemble grape leaves. Except their real berries are purple and real leaves are green
06-29-2015 09:23 AM
06-29-2015 09:51 AM
I have a humongous Virginia creeper and the leaves are a bit more elongated.
06-29-2015 10:07 AM
06-29-2015 10:24 AM
I've seen Russian paper mache pins made out of real safety pins. It might be a Russian export piece of some kind.
06-29-2015 10:47 AM
06-29-2015 04:54 PM
It is a wild grape vine, but I don't know why they used those colors.
http://chickensintheroad.com/house/crafts/making-a-grapevine-wreath/
06-29-2015 05:55 PM