Featured Some small silver brooches...

Sometimes I stray away from spoons, these pretty bits range from 3/4" to 1-5/8":



At center, an unmarked piece with a red agate, could be Jugendstil, but suspect it might be Scottish Arts & Crafts. Clockwise, starting at top with a tiny wirework with coral piece; a Danish .830 silver with carnelian by Just Andersen; a stamped and pierced sterling with agate, probably American; a Finnish .813 silver grape motif with carnelian, 1936 by Pohjolan Kello ja Kulta Oy; a classic garter form Scottish pebble brooch with green and red agates, marked 'STG SIL', maker's mark is rubbed, but likely W.H.L. for William Henry Leather; and a knot design with moss agate, marked 'SILVER SCOTLAND'.





~Cheryl

 

What a lovely collection! And when seen en masse a testament to the consistency of your eye.

Debora

 

Love them! Thanks for showing us, Cheryl.

 

Yum!

 

nice grouping !!!!

 

Agree with all above comments! Charming pieces, all different and interesting
How not to love brooches!
Thanks for showing them, Cheryl.

 

Beautiful!

 

Lovely!

 

I am very partial to Scottish hardstone. Middle one almost looks like some kind of emblem.

 

The one on the bottom, centered does it for me. How lovely!

 

Very nice. I especially like the one with the buckle.

 

I love this awesome brooch collection.

 

Yum! Orange is my 2nd favorite color (purple being the first) in jewelry. Come visit us in Colorado!

 

I like the one in the centre. At first I thought Mary Thew, but it is so long since I had a piece of her jewellery, that I had to look her up. Alas not, but here is a link to her jewellry, worth looking at.https://www.inglenookery.com/?p=609

 

Thanks for the link, popsy, beautiful jewellery, and I love that period.

 

The piece I had in stock was signed with T. That was about 20 years ago and I never saw or had another piece. It is always worth looking at the work and mark of what is a jeweller new to you.

 

Thanks for the compliments, these just seemed a natural grouping to me, all acquired for very reasonable cost. Not sure I could pick a favorite, but find the center piece most interesting.

Popsy - thanks for the Mary Thew link, had seen her jewelry before, but not so many pieces, all so lovely...

~Cheryl

 

I love all of them, too!

 

The little coral piece is significantly older than the others, I believe. In my experience those covered convex backs are early Victorian or earlier. They often have the pin placed vertically, although can't know what the jeweller was thinking about that with this round brooch.

 

I thought the coral piece likely 19th century, and though a couple might be late 19th, believe the others are probably 20th century, suspect the Finnish piece the latest at 1936...

~Cheryl