ANTIQUE GEORGIAN GOLD CASED LOVER’S LOVERS EYE BROOCH PIN C.1820

Description

ANTIQUE GEORGIAN GOLD CASED LOVER'S EYE MINIATURE BROOCH PIN
BLUE EYE WATERCOLOR MINIATURE
IS PAINTED ON VELLUM OR PARCHMENT
(VELLUM IS PREPARED ANIMAL SKIN OR "MEMBRANE",
TYPICALLY USED AS A MATERIAL FOR WRITING OR PAINTING ON.
PARCHMENT IS ANOTHER TERM FOR THIS MATERIAL,
AND IF VELLUM IS DISTINGUISHED FROM THIS,
IT IS BY VELLUM BEING MADE FROM CALFSKIN,
AS OPPOSED TO THAT FROM OTHER ANIMALS,
OR OTHERWISE BEING OF HIGHER QUALITY)
THE MINIATURE IS PROTECTED WITH BEVELED CRYSTAL
WHICH IS SET IN INTRICATE REPOUSSE AND CARVE WORK
GOLD CASED FRAME WITH SCROLLS
THE CLOSURE IS C CLASP
THE BROOCH IS 1" LONG, 13/16" WIDE
THE WEIGHT IS 4.3 GRAMS
THERE IS NO HALLMARKS
VERY GOOD ANTIQUE CONDITION COMMENSURATE WITH AGE
THIS PIN IS A PART OF MY COLLECTION
WHICH I GATHERED FOR MANY YEARS
LOVERS' EYES MINIATURES WERE IN FAVOR IN GEORGIAN TIMES,
NORMALLY WATERCOLOR, DEPICTING THE EYE OR EYES OF A SPOUSE,
LOVED ONE OR A CHILD
THESE PIECES WERE USUALLY WORN AS BRACELETS, BROOCHES,
PENDANTS OR RINGS WITH RICHLY DECORATED FRAMES,
SERVING THE SAME EMOTIONAL PURPOSE
AS LOCKETS HIDING PORTRAITS OR LOCKS OF HAIR
THIS FASHION STARTED IN THE LATE 1700S
AND MINIATURISTS SUCH AS RICHARD COSWAY
AND GEORGE ENGLEHEART WERE AUTHORS
OF SOME OF THE FIRST PIECES
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