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A fine, antique Austrian Egyptian Revival gold and enamel stickpin.
By Carl Bacher
With an 18 karat gold head and …
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A fine, antique Austrian Egyptian Revival gold and enamel stickpin.
By Carl Bacher
With an 18 karat gold head and a 10 karat gold pinstem. (Possibly converted from another piece to a stickpin.)
With a bezel-set blue hardstone cabochon scarab beetle with two small gemstone eyes and two protruding decorative enamel devices (possibly birds).
Simply a wonderful Carl Bacher stickpin!
Date:
Early 20th Century
Overall Condition:
It is in overall fair, as-pictured, used estate condition.
Condition Details:
Possibly converted from another piece to a stickpin. There is a spot of loss to the enamel cells on the birds, a spot of solder to the finial of one bird, and an old, deep file cut at the base of the pin. Otherwise, there is some light edge wear, some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age.
Marks:
With partial marks to the head including an A for Vienna, and a CB for Carl Bacher. No fineness hallmark noted.
Fineness:
Unmarked for gold fineness.
Professionally tests at:
Tests as 18k to the head and 10k to the pinstem.
Gemstone Measurements:
1 lapis scarab beetle: 8.7 x 6.7 mm
2 round cut diamonds: less than 1 mm
Measurements:
Length: ca. 70.4 mm
Width: ca. 12.8 mm
Depth: ca. 9.8 mm
Weight: ca. 3.1 g
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- Styles
- Egyptian Revival
- Brooch Width
- 12 mm
- Brooch Height
- 70 mm
- Period
- Early 20th Century
- Country of Origin
- Austria
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- 10K Gold
- 18K Gold
- Enamel
- Condition
- Good Condition, Unknown, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Blue
- Authenticity Mark
- Captured in
- Condition Notes
- Possibly converted from another piece to a stickpin. There is a spot of loss to the enamel cells on the … morePossibly converted from another piece to a stickpin. There is a spot of loss to the enamel cells on the birds, a spot of solder to the finial of one bird, and an old, deep file cut at the base of the pin. Otherwise, there is some light edge wear, some fine & light surface scratches and other signs of expected light wear consistent with age. less
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