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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4603049, member: 2844&quot;]It is an utterly charming brooch, K, thanks for showing us.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It looks European to me, but I would have to search a little further for whodunnit, which is not something I&#039;m up to now.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is antique, that is obvious. Not sure which period it is though.</p><p>The brooch pads are later, but are antique additions imo, and the placing looks awkward.</p><p>It may have been (part of?) another type of jewel.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have just been reading on post-Mannerist enameling in European jewellery making. It went on for quite a while in some parts, but this could be some kind of revival. Like AH revival jewellery, but probably another country.</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe rural French, possibly rural Iberian?</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] , [USER=78465]@Dessert58[/USER] , your insights please?<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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