GEORGIAN HAND WITH PANSIES BROOCH

A stunning high carat gold early 19th century hand brooch, circa 1820.

The hand is holding a branch with enamelled pansy flowers and finely chased gold leaves.

The pansies have deep purple, white and yellow petals and red centres.

The hand is elegantly modelled, and has a wonderful stippled texture.

The Pansy symbol was extremely popular in antique jewellery because of the French word ‘Pensée’ which translated as both Pansy and thoughts.

‘Pensée a vous’ means ‘Thinking of you’ and ‘Pensée a moi’ ‘Think of me’, so it became the perfect motif for jewellery, and was often gifted to a loved one as a gesture of thoughtfulness and love.

The brooch has the original pin on the reverse that is in good working order, you can also thread through a chain to wear the piece as a pendant.

A totally unique and rare find

MEASUREMENTS

Size approx: 3.8cm x 1.5cm

WEIGHT

Weight approx: 3.9g

MATERIALS

High carat gold & enamel

CONDITION

Very good - there is a small area of enamel missing from one petal - see picture

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