French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist
French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal by Unknown artist

French antique Victorian bar brooch with black enamel pearls and rock crystal 1870

Unknown artist

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  • About the artwork

    Antique jewelry object group: bar brooch

    Condition: excellent condition
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    Country of origin:France

    Style: Victorian - Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era. The Victorian era is known for its eclectic revival and interpretation of historic styles and the introduction of cross-cultural influences from themiddle east and Asia in furniture, fittings, and Interior decoration. Victorian design is widely viewed as having indulged in a regrettable excess of ornament. The Arts and Crafts movement, the aesthetic movement, Anglo-Japanese style, and Art Nouveaustyle have their beginnings in the late Victorian era.
      -  See also: Victorianor more info on styles

    Period: ca. 1870
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    Material: 18K yellow gold
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    Technique: Enamelling is an old and widely-adopted technology. The ancient Egyptians applied enamels to pottery and stone objects. The ancient Greeks, Celts, Russians, and Chinese also used enameling processes on metal objects. Enamel is the colorful result offusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 degrees Celsius. The powder melts and flows and hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating on metal, glass or ceramic. According to some sources, the word enamel comes fromthe High German word smelzan (to smelt) via the Old French esmail. Used as a noun, "an enamel" is a usually small decorative object, coated with enamel coating, such as a champlevé or a cloisonné (different techniques).

    Precious stones: Two big pearls,two seed pearls andtwo matted plates of rock crystal
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    Birthstones: Pearl is the birthstone (or month stone) for June.
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    Hallmarks: The French control mark for 18K gold representing an eagle's head that was in use in France from about 1838.
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    Dimensions: 6,76 cm (2,66 inch) x 1,64 cm (0,65 inch)

    Weight: 7,10 gram (4,57 dwt)

    Reference Nº: 14350-0124

    Copyright photography: Adin, fine antique jewelry

  • About the artist

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