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windi Posts: 3 |
posted 11-03-2004 06:23 AM
  
Oh dear, sorry to post again so soon. I have another brooch (approx 1 3/4 ins long. It has the lion passant and Chester marks. There are 2 letters before the lion mark either WR or WB (the stamp meets the edge of the brooch) - at the top of the brooch there is a solitary letter M - and, just to confuse things even more, the date stamp is very hard to see as it too is on the edge of the brooch - it LOOKS like a sideways on letter S. If anyone can advise I'd be very grateful!! I have taken a photo of the back but it's not very clear at all I'm afraid. I wonder how many of you are like me - I'm getting quite hooked on researching the different styles and marks on jewellery!! IP: Logged |
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Paul Lemieux Posts: 1792 |
posted 12-10-2004 12:58 PM
I am browsing this forum for posts I may have missed. This is one. I can't really see the marks, so I am not sure during what year the piece was made. Your brooch is an example of a kind of jewelry very popular in England for perhaps 50 years, from the late 1870s to the 1920s or so. The style involves silver with applied accent pieces made either of silver or 9k gold in various colors. Earlier items and items through the late 1880s were in the Aesthetic or Japanese taste, frequently featuring designs such as birds, insects, floral/foliate decoration, and geometric designs. Because this type of jewelry was produced in vast quantities, the most desirable examples are those with more handwork and unusual decoration (I once saw a wonderful piece with an applied, dimensional fly). The Japanese style pieces faded out of style around 1890 or so it seems. However, the bird motif remained a popular device. From the late 1880s until the time this jewelry went out of favor, the most popular motifs were sentimental. One often sees name brooches, which feature a name applied in cut-out silver surrounded by silver and/or 9k gold applied decorations, frequently ivy-type leaves. Also popular were nicknames like "Baby," "Darling," and "Pet." Ribbons and hearts were other sentimental devices. Stylistically, I would guess your piece was made c. 1895-1910. Please see Brent's topic (A Nice English Victorian Pin) for another example. IP: Logged |
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