✅ SOLVED Have No Clue

[Bubba65]

Hi All,

I dug this just this past Saturday. I have no clue what it is or was part of. So any help well be great. Thanks for looking.

Bubba65

 

[mical66]

what does the back say ? i am half blind ,, or even 3/4 depends who you ask,, so to me it looks like it says Duck Bill..lol
either way that is a damn cool find , very pretty

 

[old digger]

Cool Find! Kind of pretty. looks like inlay, maybe a 1900th century broach.

 

[bigfoot1]

I wanna find one.victorian ceramic inlay I suspect...breezy prolly be by and I defer to her opinion.

 

[DCMatt]

old digger & bigfoot are right on - a brooch.

It is called "Cloisonné". Very popular in late Victorian times.

DCMatt

 

[Bryanhashemi]

That is so pretty I'm tempted to vote banner on it!! Simply beautiful!!

 

[bigfoot1]

I did nominate it...not for value or historical significance....but because I cant imagine any of us not putting that in our permanent keeper box.....It is truly stunning.That is what its all about.

 

[nhbenz]

I think it's more of a mosaic rather than cloisonné, which had metal walls which stuff was melted into. Although quite similar in end result, it looks like jagged pieces rather than melted in.

 

[Bryanhashemi]

Banner vote. Def worth it even if the op never responds! It's all about the relics and letting them shine once again!!

 

[surf]

Hello Bubba,

Have you cleaned this up at all? I've been squinting like crazy at your photos. Holding computer sideways to look at the back. What is the metal? How thick is it? What are the dimensions?

More photos, please. This is such a harbinger of Spring.

I'd call it a mosaic inlay in the millefiori style. The small "tiles" look like glass to me. The flowers are cut glass canes

Signed Antique Vtg Mosaic Pin Brooch Pin Italy Glass Tile Millefiori Inlay RARE | eBay

 

[Bubba65]

Hi All, thanks for all the help and comments so far. Surf I will try to take better pics today and clean it up a bit more. The out side metal part I am not sure what it is, but it isn't pretty that part of it. That is what has thrown me off, the front is so nice looking, but yet the sides aren't. I have included a pic of how it came out of the ground, before I cleaned it some.

Bubba65

 

[Bryanhashemi]

That is one hell of a piece! I still say banner!!

 

[CRUSADER]

I think it's more of a mosaic rather than cloisonné, which had metal walls which stuff was melted into. Although quite similar in end result, it looks like jagged pieces rather than melted in.

Called a 'micro-mosaic' from Italy, tourist pieces from the early-mid 1900s.

 

[Bubba65]

Thanks all for helping out, what NHBENZ and Crusader works for me marking this solved.

Bubba65