Antique Victorian French Suffragette Paste Bar Brooch Silver Semi-Precious Stones_Garnet carved half-hoop gallery

carved half-hoop gallery

AGE: Dated 1978

The shell is fashioned in 9ct gold with a beautiful ivy leaf pattern chased across the front and further foliate motifs on the back

colourful glass gems

FACE MEASURES: Height 9mm x Width 15mm x Depth 2mm

Antique Victorian French Suffragette Paste Bar Brooch Silver Semi-Precious Stones_Garnet carved half-hoop galleryThis fabulous, long antique French bar brooch is modelled in silver and features intricate workmanship, consisting of scrolling, foliate motifs decorated with an abundance of bright white, pink and green paste stones. Jewellery displaying green, white and violet pink was often worn to show support for the womens Suffrage movement in the early 1900s. The colours symbolised their core virtues: violet for loyalty, white for purity, and green for hope,