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eBay I am selling this super gorgeous And VERY colorful pretty vintage Cattleya Orchid floral brooch pin. It is gold metal although I’m almost certain not real gold, although I have no way of really knowing. It is a really pretty and tropical looking flower pin made of enamel with gold metal and pink and vanilla white enamel paint accents on the front of the orchid and it’s totally solid gold on the back side. The stamen – or center parts of the orchid flower has 4 faceted gemstone one large pink round one and 3 smaller turquoise round ones – so 4 total faceted gemstones of some kind – possibly even rhinestones maybe – but it is a really high quality gemstone whatever it is. It’s gorgeous. This is so much prettier in person than in pictures. I saw in a listing that had this for sale for over $40 they called it Blooming Elegance – not sure if that is an official name or not but they also said it was from the 60’s or 70’s. I got this at an estate sale, and the nature of estate sales are such that you often never really know the source of the items that you are buying, you have to do a lot of guessing as to the age. So I am not sure how old this is or what exactly it is worth but I do know that it is really pretty and in really good condition. I really love enamel jewelry of all kinds especially brooches. I think I mainly love enamel jewelry because of the fascinating way that is it made. I love to learn all the interesting ways that artists make their works of art. So when it comes to enamel jewelry and works of art , basically the main design is made with a base metal with raised edges to create the designs and then (almost like the lines in a coloring book) the different colors are filled in within the raised metal edges. But what is so so cool is that the color that is made by enamel jewelry is made by filling in those recessed sections within the metal with different colored crushed glass and then that beautifully colored crushed glass is heated up in a kiln or jewelry soldering silversmith torch and heated up so much that the glass melts and then becomes a liquid and then that liquid fills the space within the raised metal edges! How cool is that ?!? That is why sometimes when you find really old enamel jewelry you sometimes might see cracks in the piece, that is because all the different colors of the enamel jewelry piece is just different pieces of gorgeously colored melted glass that had been formed perfectly fit to that metal section. And since it is still glass, it can still break or fracture with age and movements over the years. I would love to learn how to make it myself. Anyway, I will add a little section of a Wikipedia article explaining it a little further (and probably a lot better than I could also). Enjoy 😉 If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. Thank you for looking at my listing. SHIPPING: We ship out within 24 hours of receiving a payment. We can combine shipping to provide you with cheaper shipping for the purchase of multiple items if you are interested, but PLEASE NOTE that we can ONLY give you a combined shipping discount if all items are paid for all at once in a SINGLE PAYMENT! RETURNS: If you aren’t totally and completely thrilled with your item for any reason, we accept returns for full refunds for any reason. So bid and buy with confidence. We pride ourselves on striving to make sure you have a happy and pleasant buying experience. All of our items usually come with a free gift as well- just to show our appreciation to you as a buyer. Thank you for looking. The following is from Wikipedia about Enamel jewelry and the art form of enamel art in general. Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C (1,380 and 1,560 °F). The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable vitreous coating. The word comes from the Latin vitreum, meaning “glass”. Enamel can be used on metal, glass, ceramics, stone, or any material that will withstand the fusing temperature. In technical terms fired enamelware is an integrated layered composite of glass and another material (or more glass). The term “enamel” is most often restricted to work on metal, which is the subject of this article. Essentially the same technique used with other bases is known by different terms: on glass as enamelled glass ,or “painted glass”, and on pottery it is called over glaze decoration, “overglaze enamels” or “enamelling”. The craft is called “enamelling”, the artists “enamellers” and the objects produced can be called “enamels”. Enamelling is an old and widely adopted technology, for most of its history mainly used in jewelry and decorative art. Since the 18th century, enamels have also been applied to many metal consumer objects The key ingredient of vitreous enamel is finely ground glass called frit. Frit for enamelling steel is typically an alkali borosilicate glass with a thermal expansion and glass temperature suitable for coating steel. Raw materials are smelted together between 2,100 and 2,650 °F (1,150 and 1,450 °C) into a liquid glass that is directed out of the furnace and thermal shocked with either water or steel rollers into frit. Brooch From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Detail of the Irish pseudo-penannular Londesborough Brooch, British Museum A brooch /ˈbroʊtʃ/ is a decorative jewellery item designed to be attached to garments, often to hold them closed. It is usually made of metal, often silver or gold but sometimes bronze or some other material. Brooches are frequently decorated with enamel or with gemstones and may be solely for ornament (as in the stomacher) or sometimes serve a practical function as a fastening, perhaps for a cloak. The earliest known brooches are from the Bronze Age. As fashions in brooches changed rather quickly, they are important chronological indicators. Many sorts of European brooches found in archaeology are usually referred to by the Latin term fibula. Contents • 1 Fibula • 2 Celtic brooches • 3 Hair and portrait brooches • 4 Gallery • 5 Notes • 6 References • 7 External links Fibula Main article: Fibula (brooch) Braganza Brooch, Hellenistic art, 250-200 BC, British Museum The fibula (plural fibulae) is an ornamental clasp used by Romans, Greeks, Germanic peoples and also by Celts and migratory tribes in Europe from the Early Bronze Age. They may have replaced fibulae made of more perishable Neolithic materials, such as bone to as late as 800 AD.[citation needed] Fibulae are useful type-objects: carefully catalogued local typologies, dating and distribution of fibulae can help date finds where neither numismatic nor ceramic materials provide a secure date. Fibulae were shaped somewhat like a large safety pin and were used to hold clothing together. They came in many varieties and held prominent significance for the identity of the wearer, indicating ethnicity (until local costume became Romanized) and class. Elaborately designed fibulae were an important part of Late Antique dress, and simpler ones were part of Roman military equipment. The same types of fibulae can often be found on either side of the Roman limites, both among “Roman” and “barbarian” populations. The cultural interplay of elite objects designed to show status can be quite complex. For example, Lawrence Nees, Early Medieval Art[1] notes fibulae depicted in ivory diptychs of Stilicho and his entourage: Disk pin with woman giving birth, flanked by antelopes from Luristan bronze. The type of fibula worn by Stilicho and his son, and by Turcius Secundus, occurs also among metal works of art commonly termed barbarian, as new Germanic figures usurped the symbols of imperial authority. It is likely that this type originated among Celtic groups and came to be adopted as an exotic fashion by Roman aristocrats, becoming ‘naturalized’ as an important Roman emblem, and then exported. Ancient fibulae are prized items for collectors since they are well preserved in many cases and are not difficult to obtain; divorced from their cultural context, they still present a variety of shapes and decoration. Celtic brooches A hair brooch from the 19th century, in the collection of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis A distinct tradition of penannular brooches and the related pseudo-penannular types developed in Early Medieval Ireland and Scotland, producing some of the most elaborately decorated brooches ever made, including the Tara Brooch. Hair and portrait brooches From the eighteenth century through the Victorian era it was fashionable to incorporate hair and portraiture into a brooch.[2] The practice began as an expression of mourning, then expanded to keepsakes of loved ones who were living.[2] Human hair was encased within the brooch or braided and woven into a band to which clasps were affixed.[2] It was not uncommon for miniature brooch portraits to incorporate ground human hair as pigment.[2] Two sided swivel brooches would display a portrait on one side and a lock of hair on the other; the latter could be crafted with semiprecious stones to resemble a bouquet.[2]
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