Arts & Crafts Era Brooch with Watercolor Miniature

in 14k Gold & Sterling Silver

$ 950.00 

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Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature

An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature depicts a pair of lovers, in Georgian dress, reading together from a book. They recline beneath a tree . . . a house sits in the background . . . the woman wears a playful, challenging expression, while the man looks up at her, with a question. This watercolor is especially charming for its color palate (pink, blue, green, lavender, ochre), which is soft but vibrant. We love the frame itself for its sophisticated lines and construction— it is entirely hand-fabricated. The closure is a trombone clasp. 

This brooch is marked with a tiny French discharge stamp (neanderthal head facing right), and with an obscure oval cartouche. The miniature is signed C Mangele.

Materials

14k gold
Silver
Hand-painted miniature

Age

c. 1890 - 1900

Dimensions

Brooch measures approx 1 1/2" x 1 1/4".

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature
Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature