Antique, Georgian Silver, black dot paste curved brooch, pin Circa 1830

A beautiful European Silver paste brooch, featuring nine, french-cut paste stones mounted in a silver crimped setting on a slightly curved bar. Each beautiful black-dot paste stone measures 6mm, they are very well matched and clear.
Complete with T-bar & C-clasp fitting.

French cut stones are square or rectangular multifaceted gems, recognisable by the typical cross the crown facets depict. Dating back to the 1400s, they became fashionable in the 18th century and then again during the Art Deco Era.

Highly collectable, this lovely paste brooch has all of the original bright and clean paste stones, each one displaying a clear black dot (culet).

Hallmarked: none - tested as silver

MEASUREMENTS: 6.6 x 49mm
HALLMARKS: none - tested
CONDITION: Good
DATE: Georgian (1714 to 1830)

PRODUCT CODE: BR449

Beautifully presented in new black leatherette & velvet box as displayed.

Antique Paste Jewellery
Paste is cut leaded glass that is faceted to resemble gems or precious stones. Often referred to as Strass (after Georges Frederic Strass), an 18th century Parisian jeweller. Strass became world famous for his paste jewellery after he was appointed jeweller to the King of France in 1734. He used a mixture of glass and lead that makes glass highly reflective and began mounting them in the most sumptuous of settings. The stones are coated with a metal coating or foiling, sometimes tinted, to make them even more brilliant and refractive. The mid and later 18th Century was awash with paste and even Marie Antoinette wore it copiously.

Please note that images have been enlarged to show detail. All measurements are listed in the description.

All items are Antique, Vintage and/or Pre-owned and will naturally have signs of wear & tear commensurate with age.

Antique boxes are for display purposes only unless otherwise stated the item will be sent in a Leatherette & Velvet box.