Featured Enamel Brooch

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  1. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Any ideas of the age and origin of this enamel brooch please?
    c4.5cm across.
    Thankyou :)

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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    French, late 19th. Very sweet.:)
     
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  3. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Awesome, Thankyou!
    To begin with I thought it was one of those nice but modern enamel FISH brooches, turned it over and thought maybe not!
    I took a guess to myself that it was Edwardian, can you tell me what bumps it that bit earlier? Is it the length of the pin that overshoots the C clasp or the hinge at the other end? I struggle with hinges!
     
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  4. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Agreed on both. Clues are hinge and enamel style.
     
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  5. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Both.:)
    Nasty things, but we need them. Pin ends are even worse.:inpain:
     
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  6. JewelryPicker

    JewelryPicker Well-Known Member

    Agree with all 3, very nice
     
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  7. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    So ridiculously long pins are mid Victorian or earlier, those that overshoot by ‘a good bit’ late Victorian and short pins Edwardian onwards. Give or take……?
     
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  8. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    Thankyou :)
     
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  9. KSW

    KSW Well-Known Member

    With the knowledge that it is French, I’ve had more success in finding similar, particularly in buckles. They are being described as Champlevé enamel, is that correct for mine?
     
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  10. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Yes.:)
     
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  11. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Yep. Usually about how I figure it. The longer the pinback the older the pin.
     
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  12. tie.dye.cat

    tie.dye.cat Well-Known Member

    Lovely colors, very vibrant! It's purty.
     
    tie.dye.cat, May 6, 2023
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