912
A brooch, LEITÃO & IRMÃO
Estimate €700–900
911
A Romantic brooch
Estimate €1.180–1.500
Description
Gold (800/000) with embossed and chiseled decoration depicting flowers and a beaded frieze. Enamelled centre in blue and white with an engraved gold flower.
Portuguese, second half of the 19th century.
(signs of wear)
2.6 x 3.4 cm
10.9 g
Notes
This type of pin was in vogue among the Porto elite in the nineteenth 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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