Vintage Retro Gold Tone Wire Heart Brooch with Rhinestone Flower and Shooting Star Spray

An open wire heart frames a looped flower, and a spray of rhinestone-tipped rays falls beneath it like a trail of shooting stars. The brooch dates to the 1940s and has the airy, sculptural line of Retro-era wirework. The center rhinestone is ringed by looped petals, and the slender rays fan out below, each finished with its own prong-set stone. It is light and open, and works as a romantic accent on a lapel or the collar of a coat.

Materials
Gold-tone metal, clear and smoky rhinestones

Details

• Era: 1940s
• Style / design notes: Open wire heart with a looped petal flower and a fanned shooting star spray
• Stone or material notes: Prong-set round rhinestones in clear and smoky gray
• Function: Brooch with C-clasp pin back
• Color: Gold tone, clear, smoky gray
• Condition: Good vintage condition. Several stones are clouded or darkened, the gold tone is lightly worn, and there are small spots of verdigris on the back.
• Measurement: 1" x 1.9"

Collected by Mineral and Matter