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Book Your AppointmentIt always surprises me that some pieces I find are so modern looking. This is one such example although it was made circa 1880. It is a large brooch and a good strong design that one could almost attribute to the Art DecoA movement within the arts between the two Great Wars (1920-1935) across Europe and the US, characterized by its clean, geometric designs. The aesthetic was intended to celebrate an age of progress and the modernity of the machine. More period in the 1920s. It has been set with Vauxhall glassThrough the eighteenth century and on into the middle of the nineteenth, Vauxhall glass was a popular gem substitute. Intense hues of highly reflective purple, orange, red, green and blue were set into butterfly, snowflake and flower motifs on necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and hair combs. Made in the Vauxhall Glassworks in London, this jewellery w... More cut in different geometric shapes. The design is a curved top with three large square facetedA faceted stone has small, flat-cut surfaces that make a sparkling effect on transparent stones. Facets act as both mirrors and windows. Reflecting light and channelling light into a stone where it refracts and re-emerges. More Vauxhall glass pieces. Below is a row of round glass with articulatedIn jewellery, an articulated piece is composed of segments with flexible connections. More pear shaped and round drops.
The overall effect is dramatic and very wearable
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