Old brooch??

[Kapidr]

Found this recently near erosion after a hurricane on wet sand. Any help on ID'ing it?

It's possible the white part is opal as it changes colors depending on the angle that you look at it.

It weighs 23.33 grams

 

[Royn2751]

Due to the closed back and the moulded appearance of the design I believe that it is a foil backed opalescent glass. A terrific find nonetheless.

 

[randazzo1]

Due to the closed back and the moulded appearance of the design I believe that it is a foil backed opalescent glass. A terrific find nonetheless.

Agreed

 

[A2coins]

Thats really nice cant wait till it gets an Id possible rosette my uneducated guess

 

[Kapidr]

Thats really nice cant wait till it gets an Id possible rosette my uneducated guess

I didn't even know what a horse rosette was until you wrote it. Looks like you might be onto something. It was found behind a rather rich estate area..

 

[A2coins]

I was right for once lol

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

I have to agree with Tommy, my first thought was a horse rosette as well, but it almost looks too modern in design to me.
I can't see any sign of an attachment on the back, but it may have been set into the leather of the harness.

"In more modern times, the rosettes became commercially popular after the mid-1800s and continued in common use until the automobile replaced the horse-drawn vehicles in the early 1900s. However, they are still manufactured and used today. Sometimes mistaken for a button, bridle rosettes were designed first and foremost as a handsome decoration. However, in some cases they served to hold the crown piece and brow band together on a riding or driving bridle. They are most easily identified by a large rectangular shank through which the bridle strap passes to hold them in place. They have been made with a wide variety of materials including glass, leather, rubber, celluloid, jet, silver, and other metals many of which can be seen below. The most popular today are those with a domed or flat glass cover set in a metal frame. Many have paper cutouts under the glass to simulate a border and to provide the display of a picture, symbol, letter, or number. Rosettes were made in a large variety of pictorial designs and many identify a person, a family, a horse, or a story. They were also used by the Federal Calvary during the Civil War and later by certain civil mounted police. Over time, many companies used the rosettes as advertising tools . Originally, bridle rosettes were often produced in mirror image pairs but finding such a pair in nice shape today has become difficult."

Nice find,
Dave