Posted 6 years ago
plein-air-…
(157 items)
Hi Collector Friends,
I recently found this sash pin at a local thrift. It was quite dirty but I loved the enamel. I expected it to be brass, although in consulting Roseann Ettinger's book Popular Jewelry 1840-1940, I see they were also done in sterling. The color was so striking when I cleaned it that on a whim I tested it for 10k. It seems to test as 10k. I tried it twice and even tried scratching the back. I know this is not fool proof but I hope it is 10k. The pin is 2 and 5/8 inches wide, including the full length of the pin and 1 and 7/16" tall.
Very much in the Art Nouveau taste, beautiful !~
Great find!
Hi Eileen, Thanks for the appreciative comment. Your comment made me smile, beacuse I feel the same way. After my favorite thrift closed 3 or 4 years ago, it is so rare to find anything. So I don't go as often as I used to and then again, I don't have the places I used to go. Even Goodwill has basically put everything online. But still every once in awhile, something escapes their notice:)
Excellent find.
I didn't realize so many had noticed this brooch and given it a love. Many thanks collectors for that click!
Thanks to
worthit2
MarmorealMaiden
Newfld
Mrstyndall
Collectables59
Gaga_galore
Ms.CrystalShip
valentino97
kwqd
aura
LaurenRedmond
truthordare
AdeleC
PhilDMorris
vetraio50
fortapache
awfull difficult technical discussion edwardian versus art nouveau, the spreads coincide partly, who cares , i just love it well done
Apostata, thank you for loving this brooch and weighing in on the historical period. Very good point, there is always overlap and borrowing.
insert ( quality- pavel levy-art nouveau statue nascendi )
insert ( flipping ratio)
insert ( overlay sizing ??)
well a lot to cover -fin de siecle , late victorian , belle epogue , edwardian
i got a strange opinion , naked piece, , floral in the sinuous pliant way, IMO this is a precuser of the Edwardian pieces this is early art nouveau 1890-1900, sinuous pliant florals and it is not almond shaping, well enameld without being to dominant, nice tonality combo , bit damage and dispersion , nothing worrying , very nice more bang for a buck
by the way it is oversized in europian me, 6,2 millimetres
it flips rather well , offering versus selling
well done congrats