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The Sexfoil Brooch with a Glass Stone is copied from an example in the van
Beuningen collection.
This collection also contains several other examples of these pewter "costume
jewelry" versions of a form of brooch which was extremely popular in the 14th and
15th centuries, and which survives in precious metal examples as well. This
brooch is available with red, blue, green, yellow, or purple glass stones; please specify.
BR-1 Sexfoil Brooch with a Glass Stone $6.00 |
| The Annular Brooch with a Glass Stone is an adaptation into pewter of a
copper alloy brooch in the maker's collection. This form of brooch was extremely
popular in both inexpensive materials and precious metals. In the gold and
silver examples the bifurcate extension of the cheap versions is often a pair
of hands which holds a precious stone.
BR-2 Annular Brooch with a Glass Stone $6.00 |
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The Three-Dimensional Flower is a copy of an early 15th century Netherlandish brooch in the van Beuningen collection. It is made in three "layers" which are assembled, then soldered. After making this brooch, we obtained part of an authentic one (the lowest, largest set of petals). It is clear from that piece that we did not in fact duplicate the original; there are differences in the structure of the piece which are not visible in a frontal view.
BR-3 Three-Dimensional Flower $10.00 |
| The Sexfoil Cloak Pin is adapted from one in a statue at Bamberg Cathedral.
BR-8 Sexfoil Cloak Pin $10.00 |
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The Holly Sprig is copied
from a 15th century English brooch, almost certainly a Christmas token,
now at Salisbury.
BR-21 Holly Sprig $5.00 (Painted $6.00)
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| The Harp is patterned on contemporary (14th and 15th century) instruments
of the Gothic type. It is a copy of an English brooch.
BR-23 Harp $5.00 |
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The Windmill is copied after an example from the British Museum which has
lost its sails, and from sails without mills found at Salisbury. The sails are a
moving part; they turn around a central pin. The originals of this piece may have been
badges of affinity or they may have been purely decorative.
BR-27 Windmill $10.00 |