This week I've been working on digging through some of my miniature fittings from my dollhouses (that's a story for next time), but while doing that I've come across some other things that might be useful to those who write a variety of blogs - this stuff today is mostly sparkly and fun, some of it little things and some not so little. I'm hoping to have some of my miniatures photographed and ready to go for my next post.
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| Double Lizard Vintage Brooch |
Here's a really interesting pin/brooch that belongs to a friend of mine. She had asked me to try and do some research on it's value and it's age. As you can see from the photo, this is one of the most unique designs incorporating lizards that I've ever seen. I've spent some weeks on the net researching, and this is the only one I've ever seen of this design. These two entwined lizards are covered from head to tail in stones - mostly red (which I assume are probably glass or manmade stones) and small pearls. Atop their heads and backs appears to be some type of braided metal (it appears that it might be brass, though I can't say for sure). Overall, the pin is quite large - from the tip of one tail to the tip of other is 7". It is quite finely detailed, and though I feel it is probably a piece of costume jewellery, it's unusual design might make it worth more than the average piece. The underside has no markings anywhere, and because I have not been able to find a similar design, I have been unable to give it any sort of date or manufacturing location either. This design could hail from the 1930s in Europe, or the 1960s is America. It has something of an "art-deco-ish" feel to it, but overall the design itself would be timeless.
