Description: About this Piece Length: Just over 1” (excluding bail) Width: 3/8"Material: Tests for gold filled, pearl Weight: 1.1 gramsMark: No mark Era: Victorian Why You’ll Love It The secret language of flowers. In Victorian jewelry, floriography gives each piece a symbolic meaning, with this antique brooch expressing remembrance through its forget-me-not motif and warm yellow hue of its gold filled setting. Its delicate and dimensional silhouette, sweet and sentimental, is complemented with the tiniest pearl nestled at the focal point adding just a touch of luminous shimmer. Condition and Quality● Bright patina with minimal surface wear to the setting. No dents.● Secure, original clasp.● The seed pearl is intact and in place. Collector NoteOn Floriography. Floriography, or the language of flowers, is rooted in the Victorian era. It refers to the assignment of special emotional meanings to certain flowers. Including those flowers in jewelry was a way to slyly convey one's feelings in a society that discouraged showing your emotions. For example, red roses were (and still are today) associated with romantic love and passion, while forget-me-nots symbolized remembrance. On Victorian. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria’s taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid. _gsrx_vers_1608 (GS 9.5 (1608))
Price: 95 USD
Location: Altadena, California
End Time: 2024-09-28T02:23:53.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Antique
Type: Brooch
Main Stone: Pearl
Metal: Yellow Gold Filled
Department: Women
Main Stone Creation: Natural
Original/Reproduction: Original
Jewelry Department: Fine
Antique: Yes
Vintage: Yes
Era: Victorian (1837-1901)
