Antique Victorian Tourist Travel Scenic Photo LARGE Brooch Pin

Description

Details
Excellent condition.
Fresh looking, soft wear is noticeable only on close inspection.
Wood setting has a consistent patina with some darkening, surface wear and crackling at the back.
Image is intact and original with likely some fading and darkening however image is still distinct.
Clasp is secure and original.
Era                Victorian
Diameter        1 7/8
”
excluding bale
Mark              No mark
Weight           5 grams
Material         Wood, brass
Collector Note
Made by hand or in small groups of similar styles, vintage jewelry is individualistic with its own special history.
Likely purchased as a tourist piece and image was a popular and historical location to visit.
Uncommon example of tourist jewelry that is in Excellent condition.
While brooch is full-sized, slightly domed in shape, it is feather-light feeling in your hand.
BackStory
On Uncommon Pieces
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Uncommon antique and vintage pieces are often highly collectable because you are not likely to find another one. While some uncommon pieces have garnered a cult following, others are so uncommon that they do not have a large fanbase. The latter type may not be considered collectables, but they are lovely, one-of-a-kind finds.
On Victorian.
A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria
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s
taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid.
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