1930s Vintage Brooch / Glass Costume Brooch / Orange Glass Filigree Brooch pearl_cameo sun-like energy

sun-like energy

Dating back to the Victorian times floriography was used as a means of coded communication through various flowers and floral arrangements

They often had a floral pattern which incorporated the hidden language of flowers that was in vogue in the 1800s

This cross measures 2 inches in length (not including the bail) and 1 inch wide

The diamond is estimated to weigh 0

1930s Vintage Brooch / Glass Costume Brooch / Orange Glass Filigree Brooch pearl_cameo sun-like energyThis stunning glass and filigree setting is amazing. The filigree setting is ornate and the metal is worked in such a way that it appears that there are small diamonds in the settings. Filigree settings with rhinestones were popular. During the depression incomes were low, so the majority of jewelry constructed in this decade was made with pot metal, also called white metal or spelter, which was a hard metal alloy comprised of antimony, cadium, tin,