Featured Identifying flower in glass costume brooch

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  1. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    I got this brooch recently but I’m not sure what flower it’s deplicting. Can anyone tell me what it is? I thought thistle but it didn’t match up to the pictures of the thistles I looked at online.

    For the curious, this is done in glass and the image is on the back. I don’t know what the frame is made of but I bought it because it was adorable and a very good price. 77BDCB76-3D7F-482D-B576-10067B3B8781.jpeg 02406AFF-2A1D-4046-B606-7046B978A25F.jpeg
     
    BMRT, Jun 29, 2019
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  2. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    That's pretty!!
    Maybe it's a stylized Four O'Clock flower (Mirabilis jalapa).
    But I'm thinking it's just "a flower".

    [​IMG]
     
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  3. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Petunia. Leaves are wrong for mirabilis.
     
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  4. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    I've never seen petunias with stamens like that. :bored:
     
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  5. Jivvy

    Jivvy the research is my favorite

    I'm on "Artist's Idea of a Flower" rather than "Botanist's Idea of a Flower."
     
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  6. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Triffid?:hilarious:
     
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  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    You ain't seen my petooonias!
     
    Ownedbybear, Jun 30, 2019
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  8. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    You can't make a claim like that without photographic evidence!
    Here's mine from Wikipedia which of course is always accurate :hilarious:
    IMG_4559.JPG
     
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  9. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Thassa alien.
     
    Ownedbybear, Jun 30, 2019
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  10. alex webb

    alex webb Well-Known Member

    are those prince of wales plumes in the metalwork?
     
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  11. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    His plumes come out of the crown, don’t they?
     
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  12. reader

    reader Well-Known Member

    “Sometimes a flower is just a flower”...
     
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  13. alex webb

    alex webb Well-Known Member

    i see alot of mirrors with the plumes only which are being called prince of wales

    i thought it might be a joke brooch and the flower was supposed to be a lily .. langtry.
     
    alex webb, Jul 1, 2019
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  14. BMRT

    BMRT Jewelry cherry-picker, lover of silver

    Maybe lol. Joke went right over my little head.
     
    BMRT, Jul 1, 2019
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  15. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Got it in Jersey, did she? (the Prince certainly did .... *rimshot*)
     
    evelyb30, Jul 1, 2019
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  16. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Lily Langtry came from Jersey, hence the nickname the Jersey Lily, but the Prince of Wales met her in London. The flower symbol of Jersey is called a lily, but apparently it is actually an amaryllis

    This is Lily Langtry in a portrait by Millais, titled 'A Jersey Lily':

    [​IMG]

    All of this has nothing to do with the pretty brooch, just another one of those forum meanders.:D
     
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  17. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    The joke of course is that Ms Langtry was a mistress of the Prince of Wales. (and all of this is coming from an American and a Dutchwoman. Go figure.)
     
    evelyb30, Jul 3, 2019
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  18. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    :D
    Mrs Langtry.;) There was a mr Langtry once, and Lilly's maiden name was Le Breton.
     
    Any Jewelry, Jul 4, 2019
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  19. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Yeah well; they didn't have a Ms designation back then anyway.
     
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    Bronwen Well-Known Member

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