ANTIQUE VICTORIAN SCOTTISH LARGE AGATE & FOSSIL BROOCH GRANITE BACKED C1860

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ANTIQUE VICTORIAN SCOTTISH LARGE AGATE & FOSSIL BROOCH GRANITE BACKED C1860:
$422.74

Victorian Scottish Agate Brooch……

I absolutely adore this brooch - it is huge, fat and rounded and is superbly tactile.

I have read about Scottish Agate brooches featuring fossils but have never actually held one before.

This isa marvelous Victorian example C.1860 - 70with eight lobes alternating bright green Malachite withDinosaure Egg. For a little bit of Agate Jewellery history - see under the photo\'s below.

It is set in a thick silver frameand is backed with black granite. This is a well made brooch, the front and even the granite rear are curved and the metal work, hinge and catch are of good quality.

Condition: There are three cracks in the granite in the rear and although there looks to be a crack in the fossil on the front it is actuallywithin the stone.

There are no marks but it acid tests as sterling silver.

There is a good strong pin that extends beyond the brooch itself* and fastens with a simple C catch.

Size is: 2” (5cm) in diameter

K995

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Please Note: All Weights & Measures are Approximate. Unless otherwise stated, any dimensions and estimated weights of gemstones in this description have been determined without un-setting the stones and are, therefore, to be considered only as a probable because of limitations imposed by the mount. The box in the picture is for display purposes only and your item will come in a reproduction antique box unless otherwise stated.

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*Extended pins on brooches are often a good indicator of period. The pins were made longer and extended beyond the edge of a brooch to accommodate the thicker Victorian fabrics that were pre 1880’s

Scottish Agate or Pebble Jewellery was made popular by Queen Victoria. When she travelled to the Highlands with Prince Albert she fell in love with the dramatic landscape and went on to purchase Balmoral, the rest as they say is history. This love extended to all things Scottish and when the London papers reported that the couple were wearing “polished pebble brooches made from local stones” it set a trend that would last for decades and even spread to Europe.

Written examples of this sweeping fashion are to be seen in the novel written by Elizabeth Gaskell in her novel Cranford (1851) set in the Cheshire village of Knutsford where one of the characters – Miss Pole was wearing no less than 7 Scottish pebble brooches!