This is a very pretty vintage brooch featuring a celluloid courting scene litho portrait in the center of a wide openwork light gold tone frame. Overall size is 2" oval. Deep red cabochons symbolic of love accent the frame. This has the older C-clasp on the back and is marked HYG. It resembles those made in Western Germany or Czechoslavakia. I have yet to identify the mark. TO ORDER THIS ITEM JUST CLICK THE BLUE SHOPPING CART BUTTON TO THE LEFT OF THE PHOTO ! ** New ! If there is a PayPal button beneath the Cart button , you can QUICK PAY ! US Postage will be automatically figured into your total If there is no shopping cart button, just email us with the item # at sallbill@suddenlink.net ! International Buyers Welcome - Please email us for special instructions ! Check Our Main Vendor Homepage For * Special Sales & Postage Savings * And Use Our SEARCH MY ITEMS At The top Center Of This Page For More Items Like This ! Always multiple item shipping ! Most of our items are vintage unless we tell you otherwise. Therefore expect them to be in "Vintage" condition. We do not thoroughly clean our vintage jewelry, leaving that to the preferences of the buyer, but if there are any serious problems, flaws or noticeable repairs, we will note it in the description. If you are not satisfied with your purchase for any reason, we will always accept returns or otherwise try to make you a satisfied customer. Our return policy can be found at the top of the item page. Portrait Jewelry was a favorite of our ancestors and their skills and
love for the art were passed down for generations. The beautiful images including loved ones, flowers and pastoral romantic scenes were favorite subjects.
Although similar in design, each one became a one of a kind work of art.
Hand painting was of the finest and was done on porcelain, ivory and
other materials. For those not so artistically inclined,(or later for mass production) lithography was applied to the base and then "hand touched" or accented by another. One famous designer of such lithography was "Fraggonard".
These romantic scenes are usually signed at the bottom. Factories in Limoges, France supplied porcelain blanks and lithographies were done for for young women to use as a parlor craft to increase their "cultural" dowery |
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