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Vintage 2″ Sterling Silver & Pink Stones Flower Brooch

Vintage brooch featuring a circular spray of flowers in sterling silver, datingt o the 1940s.

This lovely vintage sterling silver brooch has an openwork design of 3-D flowers and leaves set on a coil of silver – much like a flowering vine.

There are three flowers altogether, made up of two layers of puffy petals nicely textured with deep veins. They have prong-set pink-coloured glass stones at their centres and deep dimensions, standing about 7 mm (5/16″) high. From the side they look like water lilies. The bottom of the coil is embellished with naturalistic long thin leaves with fine vein details.

The brooch is large – 5.5 cm across and 4.5 cm high (2 1/8″ by just over 1. 75″) – and fitted with an old-style safety clasp. It weighs 15 grams (0.5 oz.) and is marked “STERLING” on an applied diamond-shape but sadly, it is not signed. It has echoes of Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts but I believe it actually dates to the late 1930s, early 1940s.

It is in very good vintage condition having a kink in the pin stem but no other damage or faults. It has not been cleaned but appears to have been nicely cared for, not overpolished at any time – there is plenty of design-enhancing tarnish in the crevices.

Filed Under: 1940s Jewellery· Antique & Vintage Brooches· Floral Jewellery· Silver Jewellery· Sold

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