Vintage Gold-Tone Floral Bar Brooch Pink Porcelain Rose

Description

View Vintage Gold-Tone Floral Bar Brooch Pink Porcelain Rose with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. • Item type: Bar brooch / pin. She studied the brooch for several seconds, nodded solemnly, and told the dealer the leafwork was probably symbolic. • Motif: Rose / floral. The reverse shows a traditional hinged pin stem with a clasp-style catch. Private estate-jewelry preview. Sunday afternoon. The dealer notices the little porcelain rose sitting between two heavily worked gold-tone floral sections and assumes you collect the sort of sentimental jewelry that usually comes wrapped in tissue with a handwritten note nobody is allowed to throw away. Nobody asks. A velvet tray appears, somebody starts discussing “romantic period details,” and within minutes you are being consulted on whether the rose pieces belong with the florals, the Victorian-inspired things, or the objects that should only be shown after tea. This is a vintage gold-tone bar brooch featuring a dimensional pale pink porcelain rose centered between two ornate floral and leaf-form metal sections. The gold-tone sides have a richly textured, antiqued appearance with raised botanical detailing and bead-like accents, creating strong contrast around the soft sculpted rose. The porcelain flower has a delicate layered-petal construction with a small green leaf accent beneath it, giving the piece a distinctly romantic, vintage costume-jewelry look. The reverse shows a traditional hinged pin stem with a clasp-style catch. • Maker / brand: Unknown • Item type: Bar brooch / pin • Material: Gold-tone metal with porcelain floral centerpiece • Centerpiece: Pale pink dimensional porcelain rose • Accent: Small green leaf detail • Design: Ornate floral / botanical bar form • Finish: Antiqued gold tone • Motif: Rose / floral • Closure: Hinged pin stem with clasp • Style / era: Vintage • Marks / hallmarks: None confirmed • Metal composition: Untested • Exact maker / origin: Unconfirmed • Condition: Excellent Karen Snitchfiddle arrived wearing a ceramic rose glued to a brass cabinet pull and announced that she had “always understood romantic jewelry.” She studied the brooch for several seconds, nodded solemnly, and told the dealer the leafwork was probably symbolic. The dealer asked what it symbolized. Karen said restraint. Nobody laughed fast enough. I needed to be somewhere else. Ships securely because a porcelain rose should arrive looking delicate and romantic, not like it spent three postal zones learning what structural failure feels like. Condition: Pre-owned - Excellent. Category: Jewelry & Watches › Vintage & Antique Jewelry › Brooches & Pins. Brand: Unbranded.

Setting Style

Bar

Base Metal

Gold

Shape

Flower

Seller Warranty

No

Signed

No

Color

Gold

Material

Porcelain

Main Stone Color

Pink

Secondary Stone

No Stone

Jewelry Department

Fashion

Vintage

Yes

Main Stone

No Stone

Brand

Unbranded

Type

Brooch

Department

Women

Theme

Flowers & Plants

Original/Reproduction

Original