Featured Help w Makers Mark 900 ART NOVEAU

Beautiful, heavy art NOVEAU brooch. Marked 900 with a Makers mark of an S inside of a C.

Any ideas of maker? TIA

 

Does not strike me as art nouveau. Reminds me more of older Peruvian jewelry and the use of 900 silver would fit with that. Of course, others used 900 silver but it might be a place to start. Similar jewelry came from Mexico as well but would expect it to be marked differently. Such designs are based more in Spanish colonial motifs than indigenous designs.

 

Great!! Thanks for your help and a great place to look.

 

From what I've heard, the pin and hinge might suggest 19th C.

 

That's what I thought too

 

I don't see Art Nouveau, it's too symmetrical, too regular. It has a classic design element look to me, JMHO

 

That back is certainly late 19th. Long pin and tube hinge. I suspect it's Austrian.

 

Austrian...? 925-1000 here I come. Again