rare antique brooches and pins
$ 576.81
Description
This brooch is a rare survival from the Georgian to early Victorian transitional period, circa 1830. Its construction is highly significant: testing confirms 14 carat gold plating over an iron substrate. Iron bases were used for only a brief window in the early 19th century. By the 1840s, jewelers transitioned to copper, brass, or rolled gold, making plated iron jewelry exceptionally uncommon. The practice was costly and difficult, and very few examples survive today due to the natural tendency of iron to corrode over time. The use of deep almandine garnets, combined with repoussé leaf motifs, applied chains, and pendant drops, reflects the romantic, Gothic-inspired aesthetic of the 1830s. Pieces of this type were often worn as sentimental or statement jewels and are today considered museum-worthy examples of transitional design. For collectors, this brooch represents more than beauty — it is an artifact of technical experimentation and stylistic evolution in jewelry history. Few pieces combining iron, gold plating, and garnets in this form remain on the market, which makes this example both rare and highly desirable.
Fantastic seller! Leather jacket is in great condition, as pictured, and carefully packed.
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