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Style/Date: Victorian Materials: 15K 3 color gold Description: Stunning English gold brooch with applied flowers, shamrocks (good luck) in the center and forget me nots (true love) interspersed between laurel around the outside. On the reverse, is a 4 leaf clover under glass. A custom brooch given to a gal for courtship. Thankfully in its original box!
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Style/Date: Victorian Materials: 14K yellow gold, variscite Description: 14K yellow gold brooch with twisted wire floral design and large variscite cabochon. Variscite is found in southwestern USA, and is very similar chemically to turquoise (it has no copper!) The pin exhibits "bloomed gold." This was a process in which it was dipped in acid and the alloy would disintegrate and leave behind a matt finish hi carat gold, which was desired at that time. Also called "Romanization."
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Sale!Style/Date: Late 1940's Materials: Sterling silver Description: Die-stamped sailing ship pin considered his trademark. Franklin Porter's originals were hand made.
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Sale!Style/Date: 1960's Materials: Brass and copper wire Description: Whimsical handcrafted fish pin made by Robert Hogan and Elizabeth Bolas, the original owners, who were both Rhode Island School of Design students together.
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Sale!Style/Date: 1940's Materials: Sterling silver Description: Hefty circular sterling pin with overlay dragon motif.