ANSWER: PROBABLY VICTORIAN
Jesse Moore - Pin
Date? What are the figures?
"The old "C" clasp is a dead giveaway...Revival pins used the swivel-head safety clasp, I'm pretty sure... in Victorian times, the pin stem would have extended beyond the "C" clasp, and often even extended beyond the brooch itself ... The swivel-head safety clasp was invented in 1908, but didn't come into common use until the late 1920's" (Lynda Hartwell - Fabulous Facets)
1 3/8 inches by 7/8 inches
Jesse Moore - Pin
Date? What are the figures?
"The old "C" clasp is a dead giveaway...Revival pins used the swivel-head safety clasp, I'm pretty sure... in Victorian times, the pin stem would have extended beyond the "C" clasp, and often even extended beyond the brooch itself ... The swivel-head safety clasp was invented in 1908, but didn't come into common use until the late 1920's" (Lynda Hartwell - Fabulous Facets)
1 3/8 inches by 7/8 inches
""I'm wondering if the dancing figures could be cherubs, a popular Victorian theme, usually rendered dancing naked with flowing garb...My guess is that the stones are cushion cut (which is the old European cut) with open-back settings, leading me to wonder if these could be real Rhine stones, i.e. quartz stones from the banks of the Rhine, although they were pretty much depleted by the Victorian era...Are you sure the center piece is glass?" (Lynda Hartwell -Fabulous Facets)" --Lynda Hartwell, 06/30/10
"The pin stem length can't always be used for dating because
older pieces had them break and they were replaced with modern short pin
stems. Also, sometimes unscrupulous dealers will put a long pin stem on a
newer piece to pass it off as older than it really is." --Betsy Keep, 07/10/10
"This looks very much like glass from the Lalique Company. They did all kinds of decorative glassware, and yes, they did do jewelry. It waould be Victorian or there abouts." --Bobye, 07/10/10
Other Sizes: Original Medium