Victorian 15k Gold Aesthetic Movement Brooch
Victorian 15k Gold Aesthetic Movement Brooch
$1,850.00
Description
DATE: Victorian, c.1880
An excellent Aesthetic Movement panel brooch crafted, unusually, in three-tone 15 karat gold. The scene has a nature/pastoral theme, depicting two storks or herons by a lake and overhanging tree.
The English Aesthetic Movement was directly inspired by the London International Exhibition of 1862, where a large collection of Japanese art and objects were shown to a wide audience. Artists and Craftspeople would incorporate Japanese themes - usually depicting birds, flowers, plant foliage, and other scenes from nature - into their work, often citing the pursuit of pure beauty or "Art for Art's sake" as their ultimate goal. It was literally all about the aesthetics.
MEASUREMENTS
4.0 x 2.5cm
WEIGHT
7.4g
MARKS
No marks present, tests as 15k gold
CONDITION
Very good. brooch fittings possible replacements
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