SOLD Antique Silver, Coral & Hand Painted Portrait Brooch/Pendant lapis lazuli Metal: 14K yellow & white

Metal: 14K yellow & white gold

and soon they began to see small red beetles with seven black spots in their fields

the larger one offering the other a morsel of food

Cross is 3" x 1 1/2"

accented with gleaming silver prongs

SOLD Antique Silver, Coral & Hand Painted Portrait Brooch/Pendant lapis lazuli Metal: 14K yellow & whiteHand painted miniature portraits were the predecessors of photographs. When there was no other way to record a likeness of someone, the miniatures were treasured and passed down in families. Some portrait miniatures were painted of a specific person, and others were of classic style beauties rather than a particular real person. Often, these pieces were made into jewelry and worn as decoration, such as our brooch. The Victorians loved to hearken back