Victorian Pin with Porcelain Portrait and Diamonds
Dateca. 1865
Medium18K gold, porcelain, diamond
Dimensions1 1/2 × 1 3/8 in. (3.8 × 3.6 cm)
ClassificationsJewelry & Adornment
Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, gift of Diane Schulte
Object numberPC2000.49.1.1
DescriptionLadies' 18K yellow gold and porcelain pin. The round porcelain portrait is bezel set in a round frame with four collet-set diamonds at the top, bottom, left, and right. The frame is decorated with two profiles of griffins with open mouths and a series of scrolls and leaves. Two collet-set diamonds are set at the bottom of the frame next to a trefoil motif. The frame is made of bloomed gold (gold that has been acid treated in order to leave a layer of higher karat gold on the surface). There is a pin stem with a tube hinge and "C" clasp and a small loop that serves as a bail. The pin is circa 1865 though the portrait could be older.On View
Not on viewTerms
ca. 1910
1910-early 1920s
1895-1915
ca. 1915
