Featured Hand painted portrait brooch

Another smash and grab from today. I have found similar things online but the way the pin is soldered to the back looks pretty crude.

 

maybe rough....but that's an old style pin !!

 

Do you think that was originally framed like this one?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134713504963

Debora

 

Yes indeed. That's what caught my eye.

 

Quite possibly. I have a feeling that something has been altered somewhere in its history.

 

It is very likely that it had a frame. It looks like a double marriage, the hinge/pin doesn't seem to be original to the back either.

Still, a cute subject, an Italian country boy (shepherd boy?). These mass produced porcelain plaques for jewellery generally date from the late 19th-early 20th century.

 

It is a sweet subject. The one in the eBay link is the same though of somewhat higher quality.

Debora

 

I think he's a little shepherd as this one is also described.

Debora

 

Looks like a new romantic gal to me. I was thinking along the lines of Alison Moyet.