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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Brooch

Jewelry

Blue glass oval pin. Cobalt blue glass oval with a beveled edge. Appears to be sandwiched on top of a white glass oval set into a collet gold-plated metal encircled with a tightly twisted thin wire of gold-filled wire and a wide gold-filled twisted band with finished edges. Painted on the blue glass is a castle and lawn with a tree outlined with gold paint. Tube hinge and safety clasp. 1 7/8" long 1 5/8" wide

2025.16.311

The Drs. Revak & Lustig Antique Brooch Collection

Jewelry

Historic Costume

1850 - 1899

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