911
A Romantic brooch
Estimate €1.180–1.500
910
A Romantic brooch/pendant
Estimate €1.150–1.500
Description
Gold (800/000) with embossed and engraved decoration with flowers and volutes.
Enamelled centre in blue and white with an embossed gold flower.
Portuguese work from the second half of the 19th century, traces of a gold assay mark and a partially legible goldsmith's mark.
(signs of use)
4 x 3.5 cm
9.6 g
Notes
This type of brooch was in vogue among the Porto elite of the 19th century.
Bibliography
For similar nineteenth-century jewellery designs see SOUSA, Gonçalo de Vasconcelos e (2011) - O Livro de Desenhos de Jóias de José António Mourão (1792-1856), da Rua das Flores, no Porto. Porto: UCE, pp. 7 and 8 of the annex.
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