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Large antique brooch, view of Louvre and River Seine, fixé sous verre miniature.

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kiwipaul's loves129 of 304"Pinch clip insect, cat's eye, moonstones, 800 sterling.Cased antique micromosaic beetle gold stickpin. Kyratised!
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    Posted 8 years ago

    kyratango
    (439 items)

    I caught it last week from England, arrived today!

    Amazing details on this miniature, painted on the reverse of a slightly domed glass, mounted as a brooch, around 1850, metal is either pinchbeck or pomponne, a Zinc/Copper alloy.

    I immediately recognised the river Seine, a view of Louvre, on the left, the Pont Royal (built between 1685-1689 during Louis XIV reign, by Jules Hardouin Mansart) and Notre Dame cathedral in center right back ground.

    Pic#4 is the nowadays view.

    This is a very large brooch!

    Width: 2.3/4" or 7cm

    Height:2.3/8" or 6cm

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    Comments

    1. jscott0363 jscott0363, 8 years ago
      This is so amazing! What an incredible brooch. I can only imagine the lady who once wore this lovely brooch.
    2. Efesgirl Efesgirl, 8 years ago
      Lovely..... :-))))
    3. martika martika, 8 years ago
      Perfect !!!
    4. Agram.m Agram.m, 8 years ago
      Seeing this beautiful brooch homesickness to see Paris one again.
    5. Poire Poire, 8 years ago
      Beautiful!
    6. TassieDevil TassieDevil, 8 years ago
      Absolutely stunning brooch, with so much detail!!!! Really, really love it !!!!
    7. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 8 years ago
      Beautiful brooch and great post that makes us able to compare! Thankyou for sharing.
    8. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Scott, thanks for being so quick to comment and love!
      The lady who wore it had surely a large stature ;-D

      Bonnie, thank you for your lovely comment :-))

      Martika, thanks! It has some flaking underneath by the edges, but I find it perfect as is, and won't try any kyratisation! ;-)

      Marga, if you happen to come to Paris again, it would be nice to meet! Thank you !

      Poire, thank you for your appreciation:-)

      Judy, I was stumped too when I saw it, the painting is incredible, and the reverse under glass painting technique is so special! Thank you for loving it so much :-D

      Elisabethan, I had the luck to find a photo of the same view on the net, I agree it shows the accuracy of the landscape to compare.

      Many thanks to all of you 22 lovers and friends, love back to you!
    9. lentilka11, 8 years ago
      Love it!!
    10. vintagelamp vintagelamp, 8 years ago
      Beautiful!
    11. racer4four racer4four, 8 years ago
      Tres belle Kyra!
    12. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      So much French kind words, Oroyoroy and Karen! Merci les amis! ;-D

      Vintagelamp thanks a lot too for your lovely visit and nice comment!

      Many thanks for joining the lovers, Nevada, Fleafinder, Lentilka, Paul and Inky :-))
    13. Vintagefran Vintagefran, 8 years ago
      How pretty. It's great to see it with the modern photo.
    14. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Olebodie, thanks for your love of both! Benny is only 2 months and a half, his eyes will become golden yellow I think ;-))

      Vintagefran, thank you for your love and comment! I was delighted to be able to find the same view (and the brooch!).
    15. PhilDMorris PhilDMorris, 8 years ago
      Very cool piece !~
    16. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Thank you Phil :-)

      Many thanks for all your highly appreciated loves, Rick!
    17. kyratango kyratango, 8 years ago
      Oroyoroy, it's kind of Benny thinking "ooh no...
      Ella! Not that old song again!" Thanks from the terrible twins! :-D
    18. kyratango kyratango, 6 years ago
      Aww, thank you Ho2 and all 35 lovers!!!
    19. kyratango kyratango, 6 years ago
      So sad to see Notre Dame in flames, a tragedy, still burning now 15th April 2019
      T..T
    20. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 6 years ago
      makes ya so sad... https://www.msnbc.com/velshi-ruhle/watch/notre-dame-cathedral-in-paris-on-fire-1493990979888
    21. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 6 years ago
      https://www.nbcnews.com/video/paris-notre-dame-cathedral-spire-collapses-in-massive-fire-1494093379982
    22. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 6 years ago
      Didn't know it not the first time ...wonder why they didn't have boats built over the years to shoot water from the canals if needed ..
      https://www.cochranetimes.com/news/fate-of-priceless-relics-unclear-as-notre-dame-cathedral-burns/wcm/8c0c6afe-a756-4b54-9376-0365f00f4b19
    23. kyratango kyratango, 6 years ago
      Oh Gary, thank you for sharing my sadness...

      Happily major treasures, great organ and the rosaces aren't destroyed.
      Even the rooster which was on top of the collapsed spire was retrieved!

      Now to see if there is no big structural damages...
    24. Roycroftbooksfromme1, 6 years ago
      Hey kido ..smiling ,.. Such a Gothic architecture church, which took so many generations to build something like 1100's to the 1500's one cant quantum the slow shadow of the church growing steadily higher year by year ,...it is good news they had removed quite a bite of the gems from the church as you said ...I see Macron says you'll rebuild in 5 years ..I as one wish all of France,that they keep the wind to their backs as they rebuild and peace over comes your country to work together on this and stop the fighting on the streets ..and find another way to advance their cause ... smiling, later my friend ..spring is here spending more time outside working on the shack & outside burning leafs as the snow opens up more land to work on,.. Say hi to the kids ...
      Gary

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