{"product_id":"silver-zircon-brooch-floral-brooch","title":"Edwardian Paste \u0026 Zircon Brooch","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eDated 1910, this silver brooch captures the Edwardian fascination with lightness, delicacy, and nature-inspired design. Brilliant blue zircons form the center of a stylized flower, surrounded by leaf-shaped elements set with clear paste stones. \u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe brooch's openwork construction is particularly characteristic of the period. Rather than creating a heavy, solid form, the jeweler used slender, curving leaves and open-backed gemstone settings to add dimension while maintaining an airy appearance. Viewed from the reverse, the carefully constructed settings reveal how deliberately the jeweler incorporated light into the design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaste has an important place in jewelry history and should not be mistaken simply for a modern imitation stone. Skilled craftsmen created fine paste jewelry to reproduce the brilliance and visual effect of precious gemstones, and by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it had developed into a collecting category of its own. By the Edwardian period, paste continued to appear in fashionable jewelry, sometimes alongside natural gemstones, as seen here with the vivid blue zircons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated 1910 and stamped ENGLAND, this brooch brings together two very different sources of brilliance: the intense color and natural fire of zircon with the bright, silvery sparkle of period paste.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Isadoras - A","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42601827827773,"sku":"A25232","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0279\/9314\/5405\/files\/A25232-ENGLISH-PASTE-FLORAL-BROOCH-BLUE-ZIRCON-5.jpg?v=1788998145","url":"https:\/\/isadoras.com\/products\/silver-zircon-brooch-floral-brooch","provider":"Isadoras Antique Jewelry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}