ANTIQUE VICTORIAN MOSS AGATE BROOCH C.1880

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ANTIQUE VICTORIAN MOSS AGATE BROOCH C.1880:
$234.51

Antique Scottish Moss Agate Victorian Brooch……………

Very Pretty large Moss Agate Brooch set in a gold plate onbrass frame.

This is a lovely piece of Agate with a mixture of autumnalbrowns and tans – this is a lovely brooch for your jacket in the Fall.

Size: 2 1/2” (6.5cm) x just under 2” (4.8cm)

Condition is excellent

K214

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

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

Any box shown is for display purposes only & is not included in the sale. However, your purchase will come in a brand new Antique Reproduction quality gift box.

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Metal GOLD PLATED Type Brooch/ Pin Period Victorian Main Gemstone Agate Sub-Type BROOCH