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Antique 19th Century Woven Hair Art Gold-Filled Brooch with Coral Cabochons

Name: Antique 19th Century Woven Hair Art Gold-Filled Brooch with Coral Cabochons
Brand: Unknown
Price: 895 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

A wonderful, diminutive Georgian or early Victorian gold-filled and woven hair brooch or pin. With braided hair behind glass set in a gold-filled setting surrounded by small pink coral cabochons. In the Georgian and Victorian eras, woven hair art was used to memorialize a departed loved one or given as a keepsake memorial for a loved one in their absence. This brooch clearly kept someone dear in an intimate proximity. Length: 21 mm Items purchased from this dealer must delight you. Purchases may be returned for any reason for a period of 7 days.

Metal:

Gold-filled

Stone:

Coral

Weight:

2.9 g

Dimensions:

Width: 0.67 in (17 mm)Length: 0.83 in (21 mm)

Style:

Georgian

Place of Origin:

Unknown

Period:

19th Century

Date of Manufacture:

19th Century

Condition:

Repaired. Wear consistent with age and use. With an replaced C-clasp (replaced possibly still in the 19th century), some very light edge wear, some fine and light surface scratches and other signs of light wear consistent with age.

Seller Location:

Philadelphia, PA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU84937025462

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