Vintage black enamel and hand-painted floral Victorian brooch - pinchbeck or gold plated with cut steel beaded border fish This piece is unsigned as

This piece is unsigned as is often the case

So pieces like this have been produced more recently and even to the present day

so this is a 3 in 1 metamorphic piece of jewellery

they include melon shaped moulded translucent beads

5 inches but could be fastened with its spring ring clasp for a slimmer fit

Vintage black enamel and hand-painted floral Victorian brooch - pinchbeck or gold plated with cut steel beaded border fish This piece is unsigned asHand painted early Victorian floral design on black enamel on canvas background with cut steel beaded border. I am guessing this was early Victorian due to the style of the piece and the painting, though it is possible it is earlier as cut steel was used so much in the Georgian period. So many styles of jewellery used this type of floral painterly design on a black background in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including Italian micro mosaic or