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Your Price: $ 12.99
Item Number: 1937
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Manufacturer: Stern Jewelry
Neat small antique pin or brooch found out of a home. This is overall square in shape, measuring about 1 1/8 inches in size. It consists of what looks to be a round porcelain plaque about 11/16 inches in diameter set into a square metal scrolled filigree piece, with a lovely antique look. The metal portion is actually two pieces of metal that have been secured together (via glue, cement or something else) in an offset manner, such that you can see that the pieces do not fit exactly one on top of the other. There is a metal standard closure pinback on the backside which operates fine.
On the pinback closure you can see impressed, "STERNGERMA" (the "S" is largely covered by a circular grommet, but you can see this is what it should be), which we believe stands for the designer or manufacturer, Stern, and the fact that this was made in Germany. From the style we believe this to be a piece that was minimally made prior to WW II (pre WWII), and possibly a Victorian or Art Nouveau/Art Deco piece, although we don't know all this for certain. So this is definitely a vintage piece and quite possibly an antique one.
The graphic on the porcelain is a picture of the head and shoulders of a woman or lady with a red bow in her hair. She is wearing a dark colored dress with a white lace-type collar. The background here is a light olive green color. This image is a transfer image as you can see the dots in the transfer close-up. It has not been transferred evenly on the porcelain round plaque, showing a bit to the left side with the white of the porcelain showing around the plaque on the right. The filigree metal is an aged or darkened gold-tone color. The metal part of this pin does not stick to a magnet, so it is possible that the metal is brass, but we don't know that for certain.
We've provided 8 images to show from all angles, including one with a quarter for size comparison and a view of the Stern Germany marking, which was hard to photograph. You can also see in the images how the graphic on the porcelain is printed slightly to the left. Please note that the camera lighting causes white "hot spots" on the smooth porcelain surface. Please use the zoom feature to examine closely.
Excellent aged condition with no breaks, cracks, pieces missing. We've noted above how this was made slightly off center with the plaque graphic and the joining of the metal. There is some aged oxidation to darkening or black on the filigree metal in spots, which is not unexpected for a piece of this age. We see some pin/pit dots in the porcelain plaque as made, and the pinback closure is also attached at an angle, as made. Its possible that there is some age/storage/use wear on this pin as one would expect, but nothing bad is jumping out at us. |
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